off-roll

verb

To remove (a pupil) from the list of those enrolled at a school, for illegitimate reasons such as improving the school's examination rankings.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verboff-roll (third-person singular simple present off-rolls, present participle off-rolling, simple past and past participle off-rolled)

present singular third person off-rolls · participle present off-rolling · participle past off-rolled · past off-rolled

  1. UKtransitiveeducationTo remove (a pupil) from the list of those enrolled at a school, for illegitimate reasons such as improving the school's examination rankings.
Cite this entry
APA

off-roll. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off-roll

MLA

“off-roll.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off-roll. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “off-roll,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off-roll.

Source: off-roll on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.