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LIP OFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lip off mean?
• LIP OFF (verb)
The verb LIP OFF has 1 sense:
1. speak spontaneously and without restraint
Familiarity information: LIP OFF used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Speak spontaneously and without restraint
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
lip off; shoot one's mouth off
Context example:
She always shoots her mouth off and says things she later regrets
Hypernyms (to "lip off" is one way to...):
mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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