nip+off
31in your nip — naked None of the 30 dialect meanings of nip given in the EDD helps us as to the etymology: Yeh d be better off goin around in your nip, said Jimmy Sr. They laughed at that... I d need shoes, though, says Bimbo. An somewhere to put your …
32knock off — Synonyms and related words: abscind, accomplish, achieve, ad lib, amputate, annihilate, assassinate, attain, author, ban, bar, bat out, bob, botch, break, breathe, bump off, bungle, buy it, call a strike, call it quits, cash in, cease, check in,… …
33cut off — Synonyms and related words: abridge, abrupt, abscind, alienate, amputate, annihilate, ax, ban, bar, bar out, bereave, bereave of life, bereaved, bereaved of, bereft, bisect, bleed, block, blockade, bob, break, break off, butcher, carry away,… …
34strike off — Synonyms and related words: abbreviate, abridge, abscind, abstract, ad lib, amputate, annihilate, ban, bar, blot out, blue pencil, bob, bowdlerize, cancel, cast off, cast out, censor, chuck, clear, clear away, clear out, clear the decks, clip,… …
35head someone/something off — 1 he went to head off the cars: INTERCEPT, divert, deflect, redirect, re route, draw away, turn away. 2 they headed off a row: FORESTALL, avert, ward …
36stave something off — AVERT, prevent, avoid, counter, preclude, forestall, nip in the bud; ward off, fend off, head off, keep off, keep at bay. → stave * * * ˌstave sthˈoff derived (staved …
37head off — 1) he went to head off the cars Syn: intercept, divert, deflect, redirect, reroute, draw away, turn away 2) they headed off a confrontation Syn: forestall, avert, ward off, fend off, stave off …
38toss off — Synonyms and related words: ad lib, bat out, bib, booze, botch, bungle, cook up, dash off, do anyhow, do by halves, do carelessly, do offhand, drain the cup, dram, drink, drink bottoms up, drink deep, drink hard, drink in, drink off, drink to,… …
39stave off — here, eat some crackers to stave off your hunger Syn: avert, prevent, avoid, counter, preclude, forestall, nip in the bud; ward off, fend off, head off, keep off, keep at bay …
40stave off — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. ward off, hold off, fend off, avoid, repel, block. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To prohibit from occurring by advance planning or action: avert, forestall, forfend, obviate, preclude, prevent, rule out, ward… …
