ab off

English

Etymology

Shortening of abseil + off.

Verb

ab off (third-person singular simple present abs off, present participle abbing off, simple past and past participle abbed off)

  1. (British, transitive, slang, mountaineering) To abseil down a mountain.
    Synonym: rap down
    • 1995, Matt Sarnet, Climbing: Issues 151-153‎, page 93:
      Every one's up on a crag where he'd got stuck and had to ab off.
    • 2009, Andrew Grieg, Summit Fever‎:
      Two of them abbed off to leave enough for the other two.
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