doss

doss about

To waste time; to shirk one's work or responsibility by doing something unproductive. Primarily heard in UK. There's no way we'll get this project finished on time if everyone keeps dossing about like this! I should have been working on my paper all weekend long, but instead, I just dossed about playing videogames.
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doss around

To waste time; to shirk one's work or responsibility by doing something unproductive. Primarily heard in UK. There's no way we'll get this project finished on time if everyone keeps dossing about like this! I should have been working on my paper all weekend long, but instead, I just dossed about playing videogames.
See also: around, doss

doss down

slang To lie down and sleep. I was so tired that I just dossed down in the middle of the living room.
See also: doss, down

doss down for (some period of time)

slang To lie down and sleep. I was so tired that I just dossed down for an hour in the middle of the living room.
See also: doss, down, of, period
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

doss down (for some time)

Sl. to lie down to sleep for a period of time. Chuck dossed down for a few hours before the evening performance. It's midnight: time to doss down.
See also: doss, down
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

doss down (for some time)

in. to lie down to sleep for a period of time. Chuck dossed down for a few hours before the evening performance.
See also: doss, down, time

doss down

verb
See doss down for some time
See also: doss, down
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • doss about
  • doss around
  • faff
  • faff about
  • faff around
  • fanny about
  • fanny around
  • lie down on the job
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Doss said she drew from her experience being undervalued as a woman in playing Huges and enjoyed being able to "hang with the guys."
Doss' father reflected on his family's loss and said: "First of all we want to thank everyone for their prayers and their support that they sent up to God for my son.
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Hacksaw Ridge tells the true story of Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield), a soldier who enlists for service in World War II but refuses to even so much as touch a weapon.
At an early age, Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield) takes up a vow of pacifism, even when he enrols in the US Army.
The finding "tells us that, when kids are coming in, even if they're only having psychiatric symptoms at their onset of epilepsy, they should be referred for some treatment to help them possibly mitigate the development of these psychiatric diagnoses in the first year," lead study author Julia Doss, PsyD, said in an interview at annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society.
Andrew Garfield stars as Desmond Doss, the real-life Army medic who became the first conscientious objector to be awarded a Medal of Honor.
Based on the life of the World War II medic and conscientious objector who pulled 75 injured soldiers to safety during the Battle of Okinawa, Hacksaw Ridge chronicles Private Desmond Doss' (Andrew Garfield) unwavering refusal to carry a weapon into battle.
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Barry Robison had his work cut out for him on "Hacksaw Ridge," the Lionsgate-released biopic about conscientious objector Desmond Doss, who, as a soldier without a gun, displayed extraordinary courage and heroism during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II.
He told journalists that the story of Desmond Doss (1919-2006), played with depth and passion by Andrew Garfield, was one of unconditional love.
While three other soldiers in Company B of the 307th Infantry scrambled for shelter in a foxhole, Army Company Aid Man, Private First Class Desmond Doss attempted to kick the deadly projectile away with his heavy combat boot.
The film is based on the extraordinary true story of late DAV life member Desmond Doss, an Army medic who became the first conscientious objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor.