mug off
mug off
1. slang To treat someone like or make someone seem like a fool. You're just mugging me off now! They're just kids trying to mug you off. Don't pay them no mind.
2. slang To treat someone in a disrespectful or contemptuous manner. She claims the other contestant mugged her off in front of her teammates as a means of creating drama and tension within the show. It just feels like the band is mugging their fans off, charging so much for a concert ticket and then giving such a horrible performance like that.
3. slang To cheat, swindle, or con someone. I had a feeling the solicitor was mugging us off. Over 10,000 customers have been mugged off by the fraudulent investment firm.
See also: mug, off
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- better off than (someone)
- check off
- (I've) got to take off
- bounce off the walls
- cadge (something) off (someone)
- cadge something off someone
- cheese off
- cheese someone off
- bum off
- bum something off someone