do off

verb

To take off (clothing).

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Meanings

verbdo off (third-person singular simple present does off, present participle doing off, simple past did off, past participle done off)

present singular third person does off · participle present doing off · past did off · participle past done off · alternative do of · alternative doff

  1. obsoleteTo take off (clothing).

    Than seyde Sir Trystram, ‘I requyre you, do of your helmys, that I may se you.’

    1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X
    1 more example

    So she laughed, and did off her other raiment, and slid swiftly into the water, that embraced her body in all its fresh kindness […]

    1897, William Morris, The Water of the Wondrous Isles
  2. slangTo kill, to bump off
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “do off,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/do%20off.

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