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FLING OFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fling off mean?
• FLING OFF (verb)
The verb FLING OFF has 1 sense:
1. write quickly
Familiarity information: FLING OFF used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Write quickly
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
dash off; fling off; knock off; scratch off; toss off
Context example:
He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess
Hypernyms (to "fling off" is one way to...):
compose; indite; pen; write (produce a literary work)
Domain category:
authorship; composition; penning; writing (the act of creating written works)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Did he fling off his major works over a short period of time?
Context examples
But your chapman or your bearward will swear that there is a lime in the wine, and water in the ale, and fling off at the last with a curse instead of a blessing.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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