english
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Phrase(s): hack someone (off)
Inf. to annoy someone; to embarrass someone. • It really hacks me when you drum your fingers like that. • You really hack me off!
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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verb
chopped or cut:
They hacked their way through the jungle.
noun
one who does distasteful job for money:
He was known as a journalistic hack.
Simple Definitions
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verb ADV. away, off They hacked away at the dense vegetation. hacking off the dead branches PREP. at She hacked at the hedge with the shears. PHRASES hack sth to bits/pieces The body had been hacked to pieces. | hack sb to death He was hacked to death by the mob. | hack your way The explorers had to hack their way through dense jungle.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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hack sb off
mainly UK informal
to make someone feel annoyed
• He leaves all the difficult stuff for me to do and it really hacks me off.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs