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honk off

C1 informal separable transitive
In simple words

Make someone annoyed or angry

Literal meaning: To press a car horn at someone — a rude and irritating act

Meanings

1 C1 idiomatic informal

To annoy or irritate someone

"It really honks me off when people don't return their shopping carts."

Grammar: separable
Usage notes

Informal and relatively rare. Used as a milder substitute for stronger expressions like 'piss off'. More common in American English. Sounds slightly old-fashioned or humorous.

Commonly used with

really totally driver neighbor coworker

Forms

Base
honk off
I/you/we/they
3rd person
honks off
he/she/it
Past simple
honked off
yesterday
Past participle
honked off
have + pp
-ing form
honking off
continuous

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Synonyms

tick off annoy irritate aggravate bug get on someone's nerves

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