screw off

Definitions

1. 1

   To remove the lid of a jar or other container by unscrewing it.

   • Hold it in two hands and screw off the lid. Set the lid down. Inside are pickled onions.
2. 2

   To fail to do one's work

   To fail to do one's work; to goof off.

   • When the boss wasn't around on the weekend they would sometimes screw off.
   • On account of the high rate of wages at Sydney, stevedores will not "screw off" now so willingly as they did formerly.
3. 3

   To leave

   To leave; to bugger off.

   • I finished the work early so I screwed off.
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   1. 4

      An expression of surprise or disbelief.

      • "We just won a new car!" "Screw off! You're joking, right?"

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