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screw off

Speech parts

1. screw off - Noun

2. screw off - Adjective

3. screw off - Verb

4. screw off - Interjection

Meaning

To remove the lid of a jar or other container by unscrewing it.

(idiomatic, colloquial) To fail to do one's work; to goof off.
When the boss wasn't around on the weekend they would sometimes screw off.

(idiomatic, colloquial) To leave; to bugger off.
I finished the work early so I screwed off.

(idiomatic, vulgar, dismissal) To tell someone to leave or to stop being bothersome.
I said no. Now screw off!

(idiomatic, possibly vulgar) An expression of surprise or disbelief.
"We just won a new car!" "Screw off! You're joking, right?"

screw-off (plural screw-offs)

(Canada, US, slang) Someone who often fails to do his or her work; someone known to goof off.

screw-off (not comparable)

Able to be removed by unscrewing.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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