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vb. To delay; to defer; to put off; to lay aside.
Usage examples of "shift off".
They had a full three-shift off, and for once the money to enjoy it.
I sat down and slipped the shift off my shoulders, letting the garment fall to my waist.
According to the information transmitted by the local system, they were more than a shift off.
The armsman had been on continuous alert for so long, Miles thought, he'd forgotten how to take a shift off.
He pushed her shift off her shoulders, then down farther until the cool air caressed her.
Consequently we shouldn't be more than one phase shift off our original line of travel and still in a stellar neighborhood where I can recognize the larger stars and other light sources visible in the screen there—.
Her own back ached with the g-shift off the shuttleshe'd gotten soft, living on the Hamilton's c-forced decks.