slough off

verb

To discard something useless or unwanted.

Meanings

verbslough off (third-person singular simple present sloughs off, present participle sloughing off, simple past and past participle sloughed off)

present singular third person sloughs off · participle present sloughing off · participle past sloughed off · past sloughed off

  1. transitiveTo discard something useless or unwanted.

Translations

Polish zrzucać, zrzucić
  • zrzucaćTranslations
  • zrzucićTranslations
  • pozbywać sięTranslations
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APA

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Chicago

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