towel off

towel off

1. To dry off with a towel. I didn't even have time to towel off as I ran out of the shower to answer the door. I need to towel off after working up such a sweat.
2. To dry someone or something off with a towel. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "towel" and "off." He toweled the kids off after their bath and got them both dressed for bed. Gym members are reminded to always towel off the equipment after each use.
See also: off, towel
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

towel someone or something off

to dry someone or something with a towel. The young mother toweled the baby off with a soft, warm towel. She toweled off the baby.
See also: off, towel
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

towel off

v.
1. To dry oneself with a towel: The swimmer got out of the pool and toweled off.
2. To dry someone or something with a towel: I toweled off my wet feet before putting my socks on. We hosed the car down and toweled it off.
See also: off, towel
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • (I've) got to take off
  • be off for (something)
  • be off for sth
  • (Now) where was I?
  • be well off for (something)
  • be well off for something
  • be off with you
  • break off
  • base off (of) (something else)
  • bounce off the walls
References in periodicals archive
"I remember Neil taking a towel off Robbie's leg and turning around and looking at me as if to say, 'Oh, it's bad.'" ."
The teenage witness told the court she had washed her hair and was sitting down on a sofa next to the complainer when Forbes reached over and yanked a towel off her head, causing her "fly up" off the couch.
When the hunt is wrapped, towel off your dog so that he is as dry as possible.
You just need a few minutes to apply on your body while it's still wet, then towel off.
At least she was able to laugh at that as she went to the sideline to towel off. A spectator yelled: "That's all right, Serena!
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6:00pm : Towel off and walk past the marina to your pre-booked sunset para-motoring appointment (available between five and seven for OMR20).
The Zerreau Towel Off Shampoo is a foam that cleans hair by combining with dirt and grease which is then removed by towel drying.
I was out in my backyard performing a very ordinary, everyday task: unclipping a bath towel off the clothes line.
"They eventually gave me a bigger towel then and literally just pulled the other towel off me.
> May 2013: A mum in Dubai's Discovery Gardens stopped to pick towel off floor, in which time her toddler son fell off balcony but survived.
"The story goes that as the bell went Tug took the towel off my dad's shoulders and he turned around to put it down.
I won't tell you what he said he could hang his towel off. Oo-er.
Or get smooth in the shower with a gentle, oil-free scrub, then towel off completely.
"What would you do on a cold day if you were wet and could not towel off or change clothes?