GET OFF ONE'S CASE

Meaning of GET OFF ONE'S CASE in English

v. phr. To stop bothering and constantly checking up on someone; quit hounding one. "Get off my case!" he cried angrily. "You're worse than the cops."

Antonym: ON ONE'S CASE.

American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012

GET OFF ONE'S CASE — = get off one's tail
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
CASE — I. ˈkās noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English cas, from Old French, from Latin casus fall, event, chance, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OFF — /awf, of/ , adv. 1. so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CASE — case 1 — caseless , adj. — caselessly , adv. /kays/ , n. 1. an instance of the occurrence, existence, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OFF — I. ˈȯf adverb Etymology: Middle English of, from Old English — more at of Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GET — I. ˈget, ÷ˈgit verb ( got ˈgät ; got or got·ten ˈgä-t ə n ; get·ting ) Etymology: Middle English, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OFF — adv denoting opposition or negation. 2. off ·interj away; begone; a command to depart. 3. off ·adv in a …
Webster English vocab
CASE — vi to propose hypothetical cases. 2. case ·noun chance; accident; hap; opportunity. 3. case ·vt to strip the skin from; …
Webster English vocab
CASE — [case] n [ME cas, fr. OF, fr. L casus fall, chance, fr. cadere to fall--more at chance] (13c) 1 a: …
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — / ɒf; NAmE ɔːf; ɑːf/ adverb , preposition , adjective , noun , verb ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GET — / get; NAmE / verb ( getting , got , got / gɒt; NAmE gɑːt/) HELP NOTE : In spoken …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CASE — / keɪs; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun SITUATION 1. [ C ] a particular situation or a situation …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFF — I. off 1 S1 W1 /ɒf $ ɒːf/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . away from a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CASE — I. case 1 S1 W1 /keɪs/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1-5, 7-16: Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GET — v. & n. --v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1 tr. come into …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CASE — n. 1 an instance of something occurring. 2 a state of affairs, hypothetical or actual. 3 a an instance of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GET — v. & n. v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1 tr. come into …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CASE — n. 1 an instance of something occurring. 2 a state of affairs, hypothetical or actual. 3 a an instance of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1. away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
GET — v. & n. --v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1. tr. come into …
Oxford English vocab
CASE — 1. n.1 an instance of something occurring. 2 a state of affairs, hypothetical or actual. 3 a an instance of …
Oxford English vocab
GET — I. CHANGING, CAUSING, MOVING, OR REACHING /get/ ( gets, getting, got, or gotten) Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CASE — I. INSTANCES AND OTHER ABSTRACT MEANINGS /keɪs/ ( cases) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — The preposition is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/. The adverb is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/ Frequency: The word is one of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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GET — Synonyms and related words : OD, absorb, accede to, accept, access, accumulate, acquire, addle, admit, advance, affect, age, aggravate, agree …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OFF — adj. sup off sup off or up back off blow off bring off buck off bug off bump off burn …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CASE — noun 1 example ADJECTIVE ▪ classic , textbook , typical ▪ clear , obvious , simple ▪ It was a …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
GET — INDEX: 1. to get something by buying it, asking for it, or finding it 2. to be given something 3. …
Longman Activator English vocab
GET — v. 25B6; verb where did you get that hat? : ACQUIRE, obtain, come by, receive, gain, earn, win, come into, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CASE — n. 1 instance, example, event, occurrence; happening, occasion, circumstance, state, situation In a recent case a farmer was attacked by …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OFF — 1. нареч. 1) указывает на отдаление, удаление от чего-л. He had to be off. ≈ Ему нужно было уйти. to …
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OFF — 1. ɒf n 1. положение «выключено» ( у приборов, выключателей и т. п. ) to be set at off - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CASE — case.ogg _I 1. keıs n 1. случай; обстоятельство; положение (дел), обстоятельства the case in point - а) данный случай; случай, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CASE — 1) оболочка; кожух; рубашка; чехол 2) корпус || помещать в корпус 3) упрочнённый поверхностный слой ( металла ) 4) коробка …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
CASE — 1) оболочка; кожух; рубашка; чехол 2) корпус || помещать в корпус 3) упрочнённый поверхностный слой (металла) 4) коробка здания 5) лицевой кирпич, лицевой камень 6) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
OFF — 1) второстепенный 2) выключенный 3) дальний 4) дальше отстоящий 5) незначительный 6) низкосортный 7) разъединенный 8) свободный • cast off the mooring rope — отдать причальный конец cut off a …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
CASE — 1) оболочка; кожух, чехол; обшивка; оправа 2) корпус || помещать в корпус 3) ящик; коробка || упаковывать в коробки или ящики 4) шкаф; …
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