ab off

English

Etymology

Shortening of abseil + off.

Verb

ab off (third-person singular simple present abs off, present participle abbing off, simple past and past participle abbed off)

1. (British English, transitive, slang, mountaineering) To abseil down a mountain.

   Synonym: rap down

   • 1995, Matt Sarnet, Climbing: Issues 151-153‎^[1], page 93:

     Every one's up on a crag where he'd got stuck and had to ab off.

   • 2009, Andrew Grieg, Summit Fever‎^[2]:

     Two of them abbed off to leave enough for the other two.