SLUFF (OFF) Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

slough (off)

verb

variants also sluff (off)

Definition of slough (off)

as in to lose

to get rid of as useless or unwanted finally sloughed off the depression that had been weighing him down for months

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House Speaker Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, said there could be a homestead exemption or a mechanism that ensures people don’t lose their housing.

— Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
Peggy Tanous isn’t there because she was inexplicably invited to RHUGT instead, and Peggy Sulahian isn’t there because Alex Baskin lost her number the second that season ended.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of lose

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The county urged the Supreme Court to reject the administration's appeal, while the state of Texas submitted its own brief defending the database.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
Notably, one person, without explanation, rejected the invitation to testify, though their statement to law enforcement was also considered.

— Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of reject

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Rains could dump more than 2 feet across islands still recovering from a string of storms.

— MEGAN JANETSKY, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
Earlier Tuesday afternoon, the weather service said thunderstorms were already dumping heavy rain across the region, with more rain on the horizon.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of dump

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But outside management does not inherently eliminate questions created by holding debt from specific local governments and projects, Marlowe said.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
County attorneys are also recommending the commission eliminate its Racial Equity Task Force, said Broward Commissioner Nan Rich.

— Zoey Thomas, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of eliminate

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And then – just like that – a world that’s a stone’s throw away is gone.

— Drew Paul, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026
The app’s office sits a stone’s throw away from the Liangzhu ruins, on the second floor of a gray building that used to be an elementary school in the village.

— Afra Wang, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of throw away

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Opponents of ditching testing requirements argued that the exams are a key tool to uniformly predict academic success from students of divergent backgrounds, as well as schools that may issue grades differently.

— Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
With that hub in mind, design firm Studio De Voogt, along with the engineering and naval architects at Feadship, crafted an expansive open space at the core of Hive, ditching the conventional superyacht interior entirely.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of ditch

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A number of items were voluntarily discarded due to contamination, including cling film, ovenable pan liners and baking cups.

— Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Keep what users genuinely value, discard what solves an imaginary problem and rebuild only what deserves another experiment.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of discard

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