flick (off)

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Verb
  • Trump briefly cut off aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine, but resumed after Zelenskyy agreed to an immediate ceasefire, a call Putin has rebuffed.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The Trump administration is cutting off the huge stream of data that's been feeding the nation's largest study of women's health, which has produced a series of landmark discoveries.
    Rob Stein, NPR, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Trades during the draft come in a variety of ways but rarely stray too far from the chart NFL Hall of Famer Jimmy Johnson drew up.
    Phil Rogers, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • At a press conference, Trump refused to rule out using economic coercion, or even military force, to get his way—news reports later revealed that the White House had directed the Pentagon to draw up plans to seize the waterway by force.
    Lynn Kuok, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • And day or night travel is catered for too, courtesy of a 100-lux headlight, plus a braking tail-light integrated into the full alloy fender to the rear.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Apr. 2025
  • This is used to issue steering and braking instructions to the ECU.
    Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • All power has been shut off in the area, along with the gas valves on either side of the broken gas line, Hopkins said.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2025
  • But now that Trump is shutting off funding, or at least threatening to, at sixty schools, Harvard’s endowment has taken on a new purpose, positioning the school to be the first bulwark against a rapidly advancing front.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Flick (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flick%20%28off%29. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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