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(DE) aufbrechen; dahinschlendern; (EN) bolt; bulge off; chase oneself; cut and run; decamp; get an offing; make an offing; mog; mosey; scour off; shemozzle; shin it; shin off; show a clean pair of heels; skip off; slither; smoke; tail off; take one's heels; take to one's legs; turn tail -
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(DE) aufbrechen; davongemacht; durchbrennen; s. davonmachen; durchwitschen; dünnemachen; (EN) abscond; absquatulate; beat the air; bundle off; bundle out; bunk off; bust out; clear out; cut it; cut one's stick; decamp; do a bunk; do a get; do a shift; effect one's escape; get an offing; get out of the rain; hop it; hop off; hop the stick; hop the twig; jink; make an offing; make away with; make off; make one's getaway; make tracks; mog; nip off; nip out; scram; shin it; shin off; skedaddle; skip it; skip off; slip away; slip by; slip-away; smoke; sting one's hook; streek; take a powder; take french leave; take one's hook; take the back track; tommy; vamoose -
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(EN) in shore; in the offing
См. также в других словарях:
Offing — Off ing ([o^]f [i^]ng; 115), n. [From {Off}.] That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore, or where there is deep water and no need of a pilot; also, distance from the shore; as, the ship had ten miles offing; we saw a ship in the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
offing — (n.) in phrase in the offing, 1779, from nautical term offing the more distant part of the sea as seen from the shore (1620s), from OFF (Cf. off) (q.v.) + noun suffix ING (Cf. ing) (1). Originally the phrase meant in the distant future, modern… … Etymology dictionary
offing — ► NOUN ▪ the more distant part of the sea in view. ● in the offing Cf. ↑in the offing … English terms dictionary
offing — [ôf′iŋ] n. [< OFF1] 1. the distant part of the sea visible from the shore 2. a position at a distance from the shore in the offing 1. at some distance but in sight 2. at some indefinite time in the future … English World dictionary
offing — off|ing [ˈɔfıŋ US ˈo: , ˈa: ] n [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: offing part of the deep sea that you can see from the shore (17 20 centuries), from off] be in the offing to be likely to happen soon ▪ Big changes were in the offing … Dictionary of contemporary English
offing — /aw fing, of ing/, n. 1. the more distant part of the sea seen from the shore, beyond the anchoring ground. 2. a position at a distance from shore. 3. in the offing, a. at a distance but within sight. b. in the projected future; likely to happen … Universalium
offing — noun /ˈɒfɪŋ,ˈɑfɪŋ,ˈɔfɪŋ/ a) The area of the sea in which a ship can be seen in the distance from land, excluding the parts nearest the shore, and beyond the anchoring ground. I came to an Anchor in seven fathomes water in the offing to Sea. b)… … Wiktionary
offing — n. in the offing ( forthcoming ) * * * [ ɒfɪŋ] in the offing ( forthcoming ) … Combinatory dictionary
offing — off|ing [ ɔfıŋ ] noun in the offing likely to happen very soon: We have several projects in the offing … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
offing — [[t]ɒ̱fɪŋ, AM ɔ͟ːf [/t]] PHRASE: v link PHR If you say that something is in the offing, you mean that it is likely to happen soon. A general amnesty for political prisoners may be in the offing. Syn: imminent … English dictionary
offing — noun be in the offing to be about to happen or to be possible: Everything s topsy turvy at the moment with this big trip in the offing … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
