measure something off

measure something off
measure something off
to determine the length of something. •

He measured the length of the room off and wrote down the figure in his notebook.

Fred measured off the width of the house.

Fred measured a few feet of string off, and cut it with a knife.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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