flick (off)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flick (off)
Verb
  • There are now more than 1 billion Android devices that fall foul of Google’s cutting off security updates for Android 12 and older phones, and also from its tweaking its Play Integrity API to disfavor apps running on these unsupported versions of the OS.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • At least 65,000 students could lose access to after-school or summer programs, and 80,000 people could be cut off from adult education and literacy services, according to estimates by the state Education Department.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • Everything was in the cloud, after all, needed only to be drawn up by a touch, her touch.
    Mona Awad, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
  • To help ride out surge, the conceptual plan drawn up for the developers by Miami planning and architecture firm DPZ CoDesign, known for its pedestrian-friendly New Urbanist approach, puts the first usable floor of the new buildings up in the air as well.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 18 July 2025
Verb
  • Turn signaling and hazard lights have been added to the headlight/braking tail-light recipe, and riders now get to check metrics on a detachable 3.5-inch color display instead of monochrome.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 July 2025
  • Another video showed the same vehicle braking hard after passing a police car.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 6 July 2025
Verb
  • Once exploited, the flaw allows attackers to shut off Secure Boot entirely.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
  • But authorities learned from a local Toyota shop that the car automatically shuts off after an hour of inactivity.
    Cristian Santana, NBC news, 9 July 2025
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“Flick (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flick%20%28off%29. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.

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