OFF


Meaning of OFF in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɔf ]

{v. phr.} To exploit parasitically; depend upon for support. * /He is already forty years old, but he refuses to go to work and sponges off his retired parents./

{v. phr.} To cause to flee; frighten away. * /Jake is a confirmed bachelor; the best way to scare him off is to start talking about marriage./

Dictionary of English idioms .      Словарь английских идиом.