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        off put something off               off wish something off on someone
        off rake something off              off work something off
        off rattle something off            off write someone or something off
        off reel something off              off You scared the pants off (of) me.
        off ride off in all directions      off a chip off the old block
        off right off the bat               off a far-off look
        off ràp  someone or something off   offense take offense (at someone or something)
        off round something off             office do a land-office busàness
        off rub off (on  someone)           office drive someone out (of office)
        off run around like a chicken with its head cut off  office force someone out (of office)
        off run off at the mouth            office take office
        off run off with someone or something  offing in the offing
        off sell something off              often more often than not
        off send someone off                oil burn the màdnight oàl
        off set someone or something off    oil oàl  someone’s palm
        off shake someone or something off  oil pour oàl on troubled water(s)
        off shake something off             ointmnt  a fly in the oàntment
        off shoot one’s mouth off           old (as) comfortable as an old shoe
        off show off                        old (as) common as an old shoe
        off show someone or something off   old (as) old as the hàlls
        off shuffle off this mortal coàl    old (as) tough as an old boot
        off slack off                       old comfortable as an old shoe
        off sleep something off             old common as an old shoe
        off slip off                        old dirty old man
        off so clean you could eat off the floor  old from the old school
        off sound off (about something)     Old full of Old Nàck
        off speak off the cuff              old get the (old) heave-ho
        off spin something off              old give someone or something the (old) heave-ho
        off spout off (about someone or something)  old of the old school
        off square off (for something)      old old as the hàlls
        off stall someone or something off  old old enough to be someone’s father
        off start off on the wrong foot     old old enough to be someone’s mother
        off start (off) with a clean slate  Old Old habàts dàe hard.
        off stop off (somŁwherŁ )           old old hat
        off sweep one off one’s feet        old one’s old stamping ground
        off take a load off one’s feet      old tough as an old boot
        off Take a long walk off a short pier.  old You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
        off take off                        old an old hand at doing something
        off take the day off                old a chip off the old block
        off take the edge off (something)   old a ripe old age
        off take time off                   old the good old days
        off take up where one left off      old the same old story
        off talk someone’s ear off          olive hold out the olàve branch
        off talk someone’s head off         omga  alpha and omega
        off taper off (doing something)     o   able to do something standing on one’s head
        off tear off                        o   and so on
        off tee someone off                 o   arrive on the scene
        off tell someone off                o   (as) awkward as a cow on a crutch
        off tell someone where to get off   o   (as) awkward as a cow on roller skates
        off throw someone or something off  o   (as) busy as a cat on a hot tin roof
        off throw someone off the track     o   (as) busy as popcorn on a skàllet
        off throw someone off the trail     o   (as) plain as the nose on one’s face
        off tàme off                        o   awkward as a cow on a crutch
        off tàp  someone off                o   awkward as a cow on roller skates
        off top something off               o   bank on something
        off toss something off              o   bargain on something
        off touch someone or something off  o   barge in (on someone or something)
        off turn someone off                o   base one’s opinion on something
        off walk off with something         o   be a new one on someone
        off wear off                        o   becomàng on  someone
        off well-off                        o   be death on something
        off wipe something off              o   beg off (on something)

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