off-shoulderv.
/ˌɒfˈʃəʊldə/, U.S. /ˌɔfˈʃoʊldər/, /ˌɑfˈʃoʊldər/ rare.
transitive. To set down (a load) carried on one's shoulders.
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1927 Glasgow Herald 22 Oct. 4 The rest off-shoulder their loads and sit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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v.1927- to stand to a person's pleasure
- to stand to arms
- to stand to attention
- to stand to canvas
- to stand to doom
- to stand to her canvas
- to stand to it
- to stand to judgement
- to stand to one's arms
- to stand to one's chance
- to stand to one's colours
- to stand to one's guard
- to stand to one's gun
- to stand to one's guns
- to stand to one's pan pudding
- to stand to one's post, guns
- to stand to one's tackle
- to stand to or at the courtesy
- to stand to or at the courtesy of
- to stand to pleasure
- to stand to stead
- to stand to stern
- to stand to the hood
- to stand to the main chance
- to stand to the wall