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Frank J. Wilstach, comp.  A Dictionary of Similes.  1916.
 
Off
 
  Off like a snip.
            —Anonymous		  1
  Off, like chimera, glinting, flitting, gay and light and free.
            —Anonymous		  2
  Off like the lid of a pumpkin pie.
            —Anonymous		  3
  Off like a shot.
            —Richard Harris Barham		  4
  Gang off like a squib or a cracker on a rejoicing night, in a noise and a stink, and are never heard of after.
            —Charles Macklin		  5
 
 
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