toss off

toss off
verb
1. drink down entirely
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He downed three martinis before dinner

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She killed a bottle of brandy that night

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They popped a few beer after work

Syn:
pop, ↑bolt down, ↑belt down, ↑pour down, ↑down, ↑drink down, ↑kill
Hypernyms: ↑drink, ↑imbibe
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

2. write quickly
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She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper

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He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess

Syn: ↑dash off, ↑scratch off, ↑knock off, ↑fling off
Topics: ↑writing, ↑authorship, ↑composition, ↑penning
Hypernyms: ↑write, ↑compose, ↑pen, ↑indite
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Did he toss off his major works over a short period of time?

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toss off [phrasal verb]
1 toss (something) off or toss off (something) informal
1 a : to produce (something) quickly and without much effort

He tossed off a few lines of poetry.

1 b : to drink (something) quickly

He tossed off a shot of whiskey.

2 toss (someone) off Brit, informal + impolite :masturbate
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Main Entry:toss

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ˌtoss ˈoff | ˌtoss sb/yourself ˈoff derived
(BrE, taboo, slang) to give yourself sexual pleasure by rubbing your sex organs; to give sb sexual pleasure by rubbing their sex organs
Syn: masturbate
Main entry:tossderived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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