Meaning of screw off | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To remove the lid of a jar or other container by unscrewing it.
2. To fail to do one's work; to goof off.
   colloquial, idiomatic
3. To leave; to bugger off.
   colloquial, idiomatic

Examples

“Hold it in two hands and screw off the lid. Set the lid down. Inside are pickled onions.”

“When the boss wasn't around on the weekend they would sometimes screw off.”

“On account of the high rate of wages at Sydney, stevedores will not "screw off" now so willingly as they did formerly.”

“I finished the work early so I screwed off.”

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