Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A start in a hunt or race.
- noun In printing, a mechanism which prevents or throws off impressions while other parts of the printing-machine continue at work or revolving.
- noun An incidental product.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun engraving A start in a hunt or a race.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK A
start in ahunt or arace . - noun A throw taken from the centre line which resumes play after each goal and at the start of each period.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb get rid of
- verb get rid of
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Examples
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"We've never had a throw-off, but we have pretty similar arms," Carson says.
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First, he plagerizes, then admits it with the throw-off statement that they are just words.
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We got rid of King George III during the Revolutionary War, and now history is repeating itself, and Americans need to again stand in solidarity and throw-off the yoke of oppression.
Independence Day Is Coming - Let's Make It A Real Day For America's Independence! 2008
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However, if you throw-off the Democratic Party for the time being and run as an Independent, choosing a VP wisely, the “people” will know that you will appear on the Presidential ballots and therefore will actually be in the race and in a position where a real grassroots campaign will allow you to have a chance of winning.
A Commentary Directed To Dennis Kucinich And His Campaign Managers 2007
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Now, you might think that singing bass is essentially a throw-off occupation, but let me tell ya.
outfoxed Diary Entry outfoxed 2002
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Second, growing limitations on external cash resources prompted firms to fund growth businesses that needed capital investment from more mature and profitable businesses with cash throw-off.
Managing with Dual Strategies Derek F. Abell 1993
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And he always wound up the narrative of his first and last fox-hunt by invoking terrible ends to himself, if ever he "threw leg over dog-hoss ag'in, to see a throw-off."
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 Various
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One week prior to the meeting on the beach a young detective known as Dudie Dunne, owing to the fact that he often assumed the rôle of a dude as a throw-off, was seated in a hotel smoking-room when a shrewd-faced, athletic-looking man approached him and said:
Cad Metti, The Female Detective Strategist Dudie Dunne Again in the Field Harlan Page Halsey
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Ten o'clock, the hour fixed for the throw-off, came and went, and still
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Then, when you return, a grand throw-off, and the little home pleasanter by the contrast.
My New Curate P.A. Sheehan
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