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good off
Idioms and Phrases
Shirk work or responsibility, loaf; fool around. For example, We were supposed to be studying but we were really goofing off , or If you ever feel like goofing off, please call me . This idiom was a synonym of goof up during World War II, a usage that has died out. [ Slang ; 1920s]Example Sentences
"His tennis level at times is, I think, top 10 in the world. He doesn't miss many balls. His ball speed is good off both sides, very consistent."
“I work on putting a lot, so I feel that’s one of my strengths and I’m good off the tee,” he said.
“I hit driver to the fairway and a 5-iron pure to the green. The thing I was worried about on the putt was getting the speed right and it felt good off the blade.”
“They’re a super fast, talented team, and they’re really good off the rush,” he said before Thursday’s game.
“By the summer we will have our 16 teams fulfilled. We have our media deal that will be announced in April. Then we are going to start scouting and looking for the best quality football players, not just from a competitive standpoint, but great human beings. We want to make sure the product is just as good off the field as it is on the field. We are taking this by storm.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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