off·load or off-load (ôf l d ,  f-)v. off·load·ed or off-load·ed, off·load·ing or off-load·ing, off·loads or off-loads v.tr. 1. To unload (a vehicle or container). 2. Computer Science To transfer (data) to a peripheral device. 3. Slang To get rid of and pass on to another: "He does come close to offloading some of the blame for the launch on . . . the dear old media" (Meg Greenfield). v.intr. To unload a vehicle or container. |
off-load
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to get rid of (something unpleasant), usually by giving it to someone else: you take all the credit and off-load all the blame
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off-load
verb get rid of, shift, dump, dispose of, unload, dispense with, jettison, foist, see the back of, palm off
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