English Dictionary

screw off

verb

To remove the lid of a jar or other container by unscrewing it. / (idiomatic, colloquial) To fail to do one's work; to goof off. / (idiomatic, colloquial) To leave; to bugger off.

I told him to screw off.

意味（1）

To remove the lid of a jar or other container by unscrewing it.

Hold it in two hands and screw off the lid. Set the lid down. Inside are pickled onions.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, colloquial) To fail to do one's work; to goof off.

When the boss wasn't around on the weekend they would sometimes screw off.

意味（3）

(idiomatic, colloquial) To leave; to bugger off.

I finished the work early so I screwed off.