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fling off

/flɪŋ ɒf/

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verb

/flɪŋ ɒf/B2formal
  • ruФразовый глагол, означающий быстро и с силой отбросить или сбросить что-либо, или поспешно снять что-то.

A phrasal verb meaning to throw or cast something away quickly and forcefully, or to remove something hastily.

uncountable · irregular verb · transitive · phrasal, separable

  1. Remove quicklyinformal

    To remove something, especially clothing, in a quick or careless manner.

    ruСбросить

    • He flung off his coat as soon as he entered the house.
    • She flung off her shoes and jumped into bed.
    • The child flung off his hat and ran outside.

    Synonymscast offdiscardpull offshedthrow offtoss off

    Antonymsdonput on

  2. Get rid ofinformal

    To free oneself from something, such as a feeling, habit, or problem.

    ruИзбавиться

    • He tried to fling off his bad mood by going for a walk.
    • She couldn't fling off the feeling of anxiety.
    • They flung off the restrictions of their old life.

    Synonymsabandoncast offdiscarddropget rid ofshake offshedthrow off

    Antonymsembraceharborkeepretain

Forms
  • flung off past participle
  • flung off past simple
  • flinging off present participle
  • flings off third person singular

Base verbfling

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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