Claw off In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "claw off", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Zesty Y calendar 2021-12-14 09:12

Meaning of Claw off

Claw off phrase

To damage something from someone or something else by pulling it into pieces with claws or hands.

 

When the wife saw her husband going hand in hand with another woman, she charged at them and clawed off the clothes of her husband's lover.

He clawed off his shirt to show his powerful physique after breaking the lifting world's record.

When the cat was clawing the cover off my book, I arrived home and stopped it.

Grammar and Usage of Claw off

Verb Forms

  • clawed off
  • clawing off

The verb "claw" must be conjugated according to its tense.
 

Origin of Claw off

The origin of this phrase is not clear.
 

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