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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
off .
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Examples
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One of the tip-offs is when you get these references to mad-cow disease and e coli and airliners with no maintenance.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Double Standard of Libertarian Paternalism 2010
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Page one where all the announcements of the staff lay offs is really where it is at.
Why are churches really being closed in the Diocese of BC? « Anglican Samizdat 2010
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One of the spin offs of Britain no longer having an opt out from the EU's working time directive is that it could directly affect fire services across the UK as many retained firemen will already have worked their full allowance of hours in their normal jobs and it could mean they may not be able to attend to emergencies for fear of sanctions under EU rules.
Lib Dems raise concerns about threat to retained firemen Norfolk Blogger 2009
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One of the spin offs of Britain no longer having an opt out from the EU's working time directive is that it could directly affect fire services across the UK as many retained firemen will already have worked their full allowance of hours in their normal jobs and it could mean they may not be able to attend to emergencies for fear of sanctions under EU rules.
Archive 2009-02-01 Norfolk Blogger 2009
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Their mothers probably got them those cheap green army men rip-offs from the dollar store.
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That way, should the BBC get desperate for spin offs and story tangents in the future, Donna would be the first proper female Doctor once the memories were safely restored ...
The Essence of the Humperdinck! rabid1st 2009
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Spin-offs from the health care bill passing will include a variety of unrelated bills.
A Time for Greatness frankwu 2010
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Both the U.S. and Japan are massively over-leveraged, and deflating debt by write downs and write offs is the only answer.
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Countdown did similar, if lower, numbers to 52 with a fraction of the talent involved and sold boatloads of tie-ins, tied into other titles, bolstered the line by including other books (quality be damned) and was building to Final Crisis and had other spin offs and initiatives to go with it.
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In the reality-based community, however, we understand that calculating and making these sorts of trade-offs is an element of a strong and responsible national defense.
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