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動詞

long off (third-person singular simple present longs off, present participle longing off, simple past and past participle longed off)

1. (slang, MLE) To avoid, to sack off, to kick into the long grass.
   • [2016, contributor, “A Completely Unserious Guide to British Street Slang”, in highsnobiety.com‎:

     To "long off something or someone means to avoid it. i.e. "Let's long off that movie and go get something to eat"]

   • [2022 October 2, Kyia Small, “Lesser-known Essex phrases that sound made up to outsiders”, in EssexLive.news‎:

     Long off: 'Do you really want to go Bar and Beyond tonight? I'd rather long it off. This peculiar phrases is used instead of 'get rid of.']

名詞

long off (countable and uncountable, plural long offs)

1. (cricket) a fielding position on the off side, about 70° forward of square, designed to prevent runs from drives or to catch lofted drives

参考

• long on