long off

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long off

verb longs off · longing off · longed off

  1. Multicultural London English, slang To avoid, to sack off, to kick into the long grass. To "long off something or someone means to avoid it. i.e. "Let's long off that movie and go get something to eat"

noun long offs

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

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@misc{long_off_2026,
  title = {long off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/long%20off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}