slag off
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slag off (third-person singular simple present slags off, present participle slagging off, simple past and past participle slagged off)
- (transitive) To purify by melting and removing slag.
- There is a lot of copper oxide, but I can remove that by melting everything and slagging it off.
- (British, Ireland, Australia, slang, transitive) To talk insultingly to or about someone or something; usually one who is not present.
- 2023 February 24, Michael Segalov, quoting Will Young, “Will Young: ‘I’m locked out of my social media because I get drunk and slag people off’”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
- There’s pressure to be a brand. I’m even locked out of my social media because I just get drunk and slag people off.
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to talk insultingly to or about someone or something