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FLING OFF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Write quickly
Example:
He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess
Synonyms:
dash off; fling off; knock off; scratch off; toss off
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "fling off" is one way to...):
compose; indite; pen; write (produce a literary work)
Domain category:
authorship; composition; penning; writing (the act of creating written works)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Did he fling off his major works over a short period of time?
