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Meaning of weigh off | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To sentence (a prisoner).

UK, slang, transitive

Examples

“If he is a prisoner from one of the Higher Courts he will probably arrive some time after 5 p.m.; if he has been 'weighed off' at 'the Bailey' or London Sessions he will probably come in a police van […]”

CEFR level

B2

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

See also

weigh on weigh one's words weigh out weigh up weigh'd weighed