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  • 11be worse off doing something — be better/worse off (doing sth) idiom to be in a better or worse situation • She s better off without him. • The weather was so bad we d have been better off staying at home. • We can t be any worse off than we are already. Main entry: ↑ …

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  • 12off — off1 [ ɔf, af ] function word *** Off can be used in the following ways: as an adverb: He waved and drove off. She took her coat off and hung it up. My house is a long way off. as a preposition: She got off the bus at the next stop. Keep off the… …

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  • 13off — I UK [ɒf] / US [ɔf] / US [ɑf] adjective, adverb, preposition *** Summary: Off can be used in the following ways: as an adverb: He waved and drove off. ♦ She took her coat off and hung it up. ♦ My house is a long way off. as a preposition: She got …

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  • 14worse — [[t]wɜ͟ː(r)s[/t]] 1) Worse is the comparative of bad. 2) Worse is the comparative of badly. 3) Worse is used to form the comparative of compound adjectives beginning with bad and badly. For example, the comparative of badly off is worse off . 4)… …

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  • 15worse — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 more bad. 2 (predic.) in or into worse health or a worse condition (is getting worse; is none the worse for it). adv. more badly or more ill. n. 1 a worse thing or things (you might do worse than accept). 2 (prec. by the)… …

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  • 16worse — /ˈwɜs / (say wers) adjective (comparative of bad) 1. bad or ill in a greater or higher degree; inferior in excellence, quality, or character. 2. more faulty, unsatisfactory, or objectionable. 3. more unfavourable or injurious. 4. in poorer… …

  • 17To fall off — Fall Fall (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell} (f[e^]l); p. p. {Fallen} (f[add]l n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Falling}.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS. & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde, Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr.… …

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  • 19bad off — (comparative ,worse off; superlative ,worst off) adjective AMERICAN someone who is bad off does not have much money: In the end, they were worse off than when they started …

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  • 20Off for the Sweet Hereafter — is a 1986 novel by T. R. Pearson. The story opens with a sentence over 400 words long: That was the summer we lost the bald Jeeter who was not even mostly Jeeter anymore but was probably mostly Throckmorton or anyway was probably considered… …

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