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pan off

v. wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals [syn: pan, pan out]

Usage examples of "pan off".

She took the pan off the camp-fire and put the contents on to four plates.

If anything could finish Pan off, it was the vibration of all those self-righteous Eisenhower puritans shuffling canasta decks and defense contracts.

In two bounds he took the pan off the deck and into the water--toward the far shore.

In two bounds he took the pan off the deck and into the watertoward the far shore.

Then she took the pan off the stove and sat down to wait for the liquid to cool.

He turned around, and sprinted to the communications shack, got the pole used to brace the door, ran back to the cookshack and knocked the pan off the roof.

She probably won't like that fish though, and neither will we if we don't get the pan off the fire!

He takes the frying pan off the heat and sets it to one side, then sits down and catches both of her hands in his.

Then she turned back to the stove and had to take the pan off because it had gotten too hot.

When the liquid was quite dark he took a chance and pulled the pan off to cool.