screwing off

A form of screw off — To remove the lid of a jar or other container by unscrewing it.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of screw off

    ...where the keys of all the felons rooms, as well as the instruments for screwing off and on the irons of the prisoners, are kept.

    1786, The Scots magazine, volume 48, page 152
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APA

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Chicago

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