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weigh off
verb- to sentence someone to imprisonment or other judicial punishment UK, 1925
In a wider sense “to weigh up” is “to consider”; this usage is originally military. - “You just get weighed off yesterday?” “Yes.” “How long did you get?” “A lagging.” — Frank Norman, Bang To Rights, p. 18, 1958
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 123, 1996
- to take revenge UK
To redress the balance by adjusting the weight. - You do want to weigh off Brodie for the stroke he pulled[.] — G.F. Newman, The Guvnor, 1977
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