glance off

glance off (of) (someone or something)

To bounce or ricochet off of someone or something. The ball narrowly missed the window and glanced off the wall instead. Hey, watch it—your stupid paper airplane glanced off my head! The snowball glanced off of Molly and caused her to cry.
See also: glance, off
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

glance off (someone or something)

to bounce off someone or something. The bullet glanced off the huge boulder. The baseball glanced off of Tom and left a bruise on his side where it had touched.
See also: glance, off
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • (I've) got to take off
  • bounce off the walls
  • be off for (something)
  • be off for sth
  • bounce off
  • bounce off (of) (someone or something)
  • bounce something off of someone
  • bounce something off someone
  • check off
  • bum something off someone
References in periodicals archive
"As I walked past, I saw this thing glance off my shoulder.
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England's struggles this morning began with the 13th ball of the day when new batsman Matt Prior attempted a leg glance off spinner Harbhajan Singh and was caught by India captain MS Dhoni standing up to the stumps.
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His cross looked harmless but it seemed to glance off Palace defender Darren Powell as it went past Cedric Berthelin.
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Then on 43 minutes he bent his free-kick round the Newry wall only to see the ball glance off the post.
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A glance off Dion Nash just escaped the glove of Adam Parore and Matthew Bell missed a sharp chance at third slip.
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Like flat stones skipping across placid water, neutrons striking a material at very low angles glance off its surface.
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Glenavon were given the lead when a long-range free kick from fullback Johnny Montgomery appeared to glance off the head of defender Michael Smyth.
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Mark Waugh scored his 12th Test century with a leg glance off Pollock who a few balls later trapped him going back on his wicket.
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