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breeze off

C1 informal inseparable intransitive
In simple words

to go away in a relaxed, easy way

Literal meaning: The image is of moving away like a light breeze.

Meanings

1 C1 idiomatic informal

to leave in a casual, easy, and often slightly careless way

"He breezed off before anyone could ask him to help clean up."

Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes

Uncommon but understandable from the image of moving like a breeze. Often suggests confidence, carelessness, or lack of concern.

Commonly used with

home again without apologizing after lunch down the street out of the room

Forms

Base
breeze off
I/you/we/they
3rd person
breezes off
he/she/it
Past simple
breezed off
yesterday
Past participle
breezed off
have + pp
-ing form
breezing off
continuous

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Synonyms

walk off saunter off drift away leave casually go off

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