Meaning of one-off | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Something that is done, created, etc. only once, and often quickly, simply, or improvisationally.
   Commonwealth, idiomatic
2. Something unique and remarkable.

Equivalents

Examples

“Near-synonym: stand-alone”

“I'll put together a quick one-off as a sample so we can taste the recipe.”

“But even as he announced the military operation, he appeared to be rapidly trying to get himself back to the middle by insisting that the strike was a one-off and that he continues to seek peace.”

“It is a one-off; there is nothing else like it.”

“Frank couldn’t believe that his father had put Queenie back together and not told him. More secrets. More lies. The boy guessed that the coat of yellow paint was to disguise her. Queenie was a one-off. A Mini with a Union Jack painted on her would be a dead giveaway to the police.”

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