fling off

verb — 3 senses

fling off

verb
1

To cast away; to disown, abandon.

  • He has flung us off; and leaves us to poverty.1847, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, section XXIV:
2

To throw out (a word or phrase); to exclaim.

  • ‘Oh how I detest modern life!’ she flung off.1915, Virginia Woolf, chapter XIV, in The Voyage Out, London: Duckworth & Co., […], →OCLC:
3

To quickly take off (clothing)

  • She flung off her bra.

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