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slough off

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slough off [slʌf]
vb
(tr, adverb) to cast off (cares, etc.)
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Verb1.slough off - discard as undesirable; "the candidate sloughed off his former campaign workers"
get rid of, remove - dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"
2.slough off - separate from surrounding living tissue, as in an abortion
practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
amputate, cut off - remove surgically; "amputate limbs"
slough off
verb shed, discard, throw off, cast off, divest yourself of She tried to slough off her old habits.
Translations
? slough off
vt sep skin, cells → abstreifen; habits, cares → abwerfen, abschütteln; (hum) husband → den Laufpass geben (+dat)
slough off [ˌslʌfˈɒf] vt + adv
a. (subj, snake) to slough off its skin → mutare pelle
b. (liter) (abandon, habit) → abbandonare
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