[VN] ~ sth/sb (on / onto sb) to get rid of sth/sb that you do not need or want by passing it/them to sb else:
They should stop offloading waste from oil tankers into the sea. * They were desperate to offload the kids for a few hours. * It's nice to have someone you can offload your problems onto.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for offload is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is offload a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, offload is tagged as verb.
Does offload appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — offload appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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