(idiomatic) An obvious clue or indication. / (idiomatic) A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority.

(American football) to pass (the ball) to a teammate / (idiomatic, transitive) to pass or transfer.

(idiomatic) To confuse; especially, to lose a pursuer. / (idiomatic) To introduce errors or inaccuracies; to skew. / (transitive) Of a horse, to eject its rider. / To expel, reject, or renounce.

(of a bet, or an amount of money) Bet with another bookmaker to reduce risk. / (of an employee) Made unemployed or redundant.

To gradually subside or diminish; to tail away.

Alternative form of takeoff

present participle of tell off

(informal) A reprimand, reproach, or lecture.

(cricket) A bowler who bowls off spin. / (cricket) An off cutter.

(cricket) A style of bowling in which a (right-handed) bowler spins the ball such that, after pitching, it moves from off to leg (for a right-handed batsman).