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Discover Ludwig"smart off" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to speak in a snarky or sarcastic manner. It is often used in a scolding or reprimanding tone. Example: "Don't you dare smart off to me, young man! Show some respect."
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smart off
verb
To show disrespect verbally.
Exact(4)
What makes him markedly smart off the field – an ability to think deep, process information in a detailed manner and analyze – seems to make him mentally slow on it.
Why can't it cut Smart off in the same way?
"But you're going to have to be very smart off the tees and just sort of plot your way around through all these fairway bunkers.
Do not smart off, no matter how stupid your school is.
Similar(56)
But then Ms. Gish, as smart off-screen as the characters she played, took a detour to attend college.
Every dish arrives with a solemn soliloquy; and every accompanying wine (some smart, off-piste choices) with a lengthy histoire.
A snappy pass from Butt and a smart off-the-ball run from Keane gave Cole the chance to release Cantona on the left wing.
I've always enjoyed Hill's mix of music hall, surrealism and smart off-the-wall one-liners – "why is it only Tudor buildings we mock?" – and TV Burp is one of only a few genuinely laugh-out-loud programmes.
This small, smart, off-kilter comedy has the cheek to present itself as "The Graduate 2004," although its affectionate subversion of a popular classic also stamps it as "The Anti-Graduate 2004".
The little grebes have changed into their smart off-season outfits – smoky-brown, with a dark cap worn low on the brow – and moved upriver, westward, to winter with us.
Smarting off at inappropriate moments.
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