setting+off
51Lay off — 1. desist doing or taking: better lay off the booze ; 2. cease to annoy (someone); 3. protect a bet or speculation by taking some off setting risk …
52lay off — Australian Slang 1. desist doing or taking: better lay off the booze ; 2. cease to annoy (someone); 3. protect a bet or speculation by taking some off setting risk …
53To play off — Play Play, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Played}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Playing}.] [OE. pleien, AS. plegian, plegan, to play, akin to plega play, game, quick motion, and probably to OS. plegan to promise, pledge, D. plegen to care for, attend to, be wont, G.… …
54June 3, 2007 incident off Somalia — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= Action of June 7, 2006 partof=the Operation Enduring Freedom Horn of Africa caption=Pirate vessel burning after engaging US Forces date=7 June 2007 place= off the coast of Somalia result=Pirate victory… …
55send-off — send′ off n. 1) a demonstration of good wishes for a person setting out on a new venture 2) a start; impetus • Etymology: 1855–60, amer …
56eat off — To clear (a crop) by setting cattle to eat it • • • Main Entry: ↑eat …
57set-off — setˈ off noun 1. A claim set against another 2. A crossclaim which partly offsets the original claim 3. A counterbalance 4. An ornament 5. A contrast, foil 6. A setting forth 7. An offset (architecture and printing) • • • …
58send-off — /ˈsɛnd ɒf/ (say send of) noun Colloquial 1. a party or other social arrangement in honour of a person who is setting out on a journey, career, etc. 2. a start given to a person or thing …
59closing off — noun the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑isolation • Hypernyms: ↑separation • Hyponyms: ↑quarantine …
60admeasurement of dower — Setting off to a widow the land to which she is entitled by right of dower. 25 Am J2d Dow § 156. A writ which lay against a widow to whom the heir, while under age, or his guardian, had assigned as dower more than that to which she was entitled.… …
