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slough (off)

verb

variants: also sluff (off)

Synonyms and Antonyms of slough (off)

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

finally sloughed off the depression that had been weighing him down for months

Synonyms of slough (off)

cashier, cast (off), chuck, discard, ditch, dump, exorcise (also exorcize), fling (off or away), jettison, junk, lay by, lose, pitch, reject, scrap, shed, shuck (off), throw away, throw out, toss, unload

Words Related to slough (off)

abandon, abdicate, desert, forsake

dismiss, kick out

abolish, annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, remove, root (out), stamp (out), wipe out

Phrases Synonymous with slough (off)

dispose of, set aside

Near Antonyms of slough (off)

adopt, embrace, take on

employ, use, utilize

hold, hold back, keep, retain

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