look off

verb

(transitive, idiomatic) To put off by one's facial expression / (transitive, idiomatic, American football) To mislead by directing one's apparent attention away from one's true object of intent.

I look off into the distance, lost in thought.

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意味（1）

(transitive, idiomatic) To put off by one's facial expression

She can look a man on or look him off, either way. I wouldn't have thought any woman could look him off, I'd think she'd need a hatpin or a red-hot poker

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意味（2）

(transitive, idiomatic, American football) To mislead by directing one's apparent attention away from one's true object of intent.

I went back to pass, tried to look off the safety, turned and fired it out to Jack. It didn't work. The safety closed on the ball and knocked it down.

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