(transitive, intransitive) To stay or cause to stay at a distance (from).

(chiefly US, idiomatic) To kill, especially to murder. / (chiefly UK, idiomatic) To cut class; to play truant.

(idiomatic) A period of time where one is not required to work.

(soccer, American football) The opening kick of each half of a game of football. / (by extension) The opening sequence of any event.

(transitive) To discard or reject something. / (transitive, intransitive, nautical) To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way.

(intransitive, telephony, Britain) to disconnect at the end of a phone call

Alternative spelling of castoff

Alternative spelling of castoff

Alternative spelling of runoff / (motor racing) A run-off area; a paved area around the track at a spot that drivers are likely to go off, as opposed to a gravel trap, grass or a barrier.

(nautical, intransitive) To beat to windward to avoid being driven on to a lee shore. / (dated, slang, transitive) To hit or beat up (someone).