spell off
spell off
1. verb To explain or go over something in detail. A noun or pronoun can be used between "spell" and "off." The manager started spelling off the rules again for the new people who had just joined the team.
2. verb To relieve or take the place of someone in some activity. A noun or pronoun can be used between "spell" and "off." You've been driving for nearly six hours. Let me spell you off so you can get a bit of sleep. The player managed to score three goals before his teammate spelled him off.
3. verb To engage in a spelling contest (with or against other people). Every student in the school will be spelling off against one another this weekend in our annual Fort Lauderdale Elementary School Spelling Bee!
4. noun A spelling contest, especially one in which the contestants recite spellings aloud and from memory. Often spelled with a hyphen. This year's spell-off should prove to be the most intense competition yet! The teacher organized a spell off for the class as a way to make the spelling lessons more fun.
See also: off, spell
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- blow off
- blow someone/something off
- base off (of) (something else)
- check off
- bite off
- blow off the map
- cast off
- brass off
- brass someone off
- brassed off