pinch off
English
editVerb
editpinch off (third-person singular simple present pinches off, present participle pinching off, simple past and past participle pinched off)
- To separate (something) from something else, using a pinching motion.
- 1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 18:
- Jackie Allen was my friend Phil’s girlfriend, and I pinched her off him, slowly, patiently, over a period of months.
Translations
editTo separate (something) from something else
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