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LIP OFF

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Dictionary entry overview: What does lip off mean?

• LIP OFF (verb)
The verb LIP OFF has 1 sense:

1. speak spontaneously and without restraint

Familiarity information: LIP OFF used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LIP OFF (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Speak spontaneously and without restraint

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

lip off; shoot one's mouth off

Context example:

She always shoots her mouth off and says things she later regrets

Hypernyms (to "lip off" is one way to...):

mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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