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Meaning of chuck off | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To evict someone, e.g. from a form of transport, perhaps for unruly behaviour, or because the final destination has been reached.
  2. To insult or verbally abuse (someone); to tease, sneer at or demean (someone).
    Australia, New-Zealand, slang

Examples

“Even when the Circle was whole, I used often to be chucked off its trains at Edgware Road because something had gone wrong. Now - just to make this clear - it is impossible to negotiate the north-west corner of the Circle without being chucked off at Edgware Road.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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