bear off
Third Person
bears off
Present Participle
bearing off
Past Tense
bore off
Past Participle
borne off
1
to take something or someone away from a place or situation and move them to a different one
- They want to bear off the old furniture from the room.
- The movers will bear off the furniture from our old house to the new one.
- The delivery service will bear off the package from the warehouse to your doorstep.
- Let's bear off the old files from the office and store them in the archive.
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(in backgammon) to safely bring one's pieces home and out of the game
- After a strategic move, he bore off the pieces, ending the game.
- The key to winning is efficiently bearing off the checkers.
- The champion player knew how to bear off the pieces efficiently.
- Bear the pieces off one by one to ensure victory.
- Let's bear these checkers off and finish the game.