huff off

verb

To leave in a huff

Meanings

verbhuff off (third-person singular simple present huffs off, present participle huffing off, simple past and past participle huffed off)

present singular third person huffs off · participle present huffing off · participle past huffed off · past huffed off

  1. intransitiveTo leave in a huff

    “Let me see!” Chloe pulled the leaflet out of Annabelle’s hand. There were some advantages to being the older sister; sometimes you could use brute force. Annabelle huffed off with the rest of the leaflets.

    2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
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