fling off



fling something off (of) something

 and fling something off
to yank or pull something off something. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) He flung the bedspread off the bed and dived in. He flung off the covers and dived into bed.
See also: fling, off

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Sender-Yiddish
Jules (1)ZHUYLFrench
AlbertAL-bərt (English), al-BER (French), AHL-bert (German, Polish), AHL-bərt (Dutch)English, French, Catalan, German, Polish, Russian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Rom
Mireya-Spanish
Cili-Hungarian
LyndseyLINDZ-eeEnglish (Modern)