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bird off

C1 slang separable transitive
In simple words

To show someone the middle finger as a rude sign.

Meanings

1 C1 idiomatic slang

(British vulgar slang) To make an obscene hand gesture at someone as an expression of contempt or anger.

"The frustrated driver birded off the car that had cut him up at the junction."

Grammar: separable
Usage notes

'The bird' in British English refers to an obscene gesture (the middle finger, or sometimes a two-fingered 'V' sign with the back of the hand forward). 'Bird off' as a phrasal verb is rare; more commonly you would say 'give someone the bird'. Vulgar and inappropriate in formal contexts.

Commonly used with

driver someone crowd camera

Forms

Base
bird off
I/you/we/they
3rd person
birds off
he/she/it
Past simple
birded off
yesterday
Past participle
birded off
have + pp
-ing form
birding off
continuous

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