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Definition of Dope off
1. Verb. Change from a waking to a sleeping state. "He always falls asleep during lectures"
Specialized synonyms: Zonk Out
Antonyms: Wake Up
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dope Off
Literary usage of Dope off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"The instant an English mob sees two dragoons coming, they jist run like t flock
of sheep afore a couple of bull-dogs, and dope off, ..."
2. Travels in the Two Sicilies ...: By Henry Swinburne, Esq. In the Years 1777 by Henry Swinburne (1790)
"... and the Camaldoli, are both abruptly broken down facing each other, and both
dope off very gradually different ways, till one is loft in the Campi ..."
3. The Heart Line: A Drama of San Francisco by Gelett Burgess (1907)
"I've got s< pretty good dope off my sister's wire. She spe pretty near all her
time on it and it does come handy." "Oh, pshaw!" Madam Spoil looked disgusted ..."
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