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Noun: offing  ófing
  1. The near or foreseeable future
    "there was a wedding in the offing"
     
  2. The part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area
    "there was a ship in the offing"
Verb: off  óf
  1. Kill intentionally and with premeditation
    - murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, polish off, remove

Derived forms: offings

Type of: body of water, future, futurity, hereafter, kill, time to come, water

Part of: briny [Brit], main

Encyclopedia: Off

Nearest

of course
of each person
of import
of late
of necessity
of sorts
of sound mind
of the essence
of unsound mind
ofay
off
off and on
off guard
off her guard
off his guard
off one's guard
off spin
off the beaten track
off the cuff
off the hook
off the record