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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Aleksandru	-	Medieval Slavic
Agricola	[ə'grikələ]
Maximilian	mahk-see-MEE-lee-ahn (German), mak-si-MIL-ee-ən (English), mak-si-MIL-yən (English)	German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Alured	['æljured]
Tel	TEL	English (British)
Clovis	KLO-vis (English), klo-VEES (French)	Ancient Germanic (Latinized), French