screw off

Example Sentences

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"For him to just get a puppy and then to just screw off, that doesn't add up. He would have taken the dog with him."

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2018

If fans who screw off at work ultimately do their work at home, the alleged "loss" to productivity would be a wash.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2011

I can’t screw off the top, although I try.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Cosmo began to screw off the top of the stick.

From Warlock o' Glenwarlock by MacDonald, George

The front one is made to screw off and on, and the fixing of this is always the last operation in completing a diver’s toilet.

From Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters by Pearson, Francis B.