Meaning & use
offs
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Informal slang, third-person singular of "off": kills someone.
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In the film's twist ending, the detective realizes the butler offs the guests one by one.
The gang leader threatens to have anyone who talks offed by morning.
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This slang use of "off" as a verb meaning "to kill" dates back to 1960s American criminal and counterculture slang.
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