brass off

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brass someone off

Sl. to make someone angry. (Primarily military. As angry as the "brass," or officers, might get about something.) You really brass me off. The private brassed off the sergeant.

See also: brass

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Steve Williams and Steve Presho halved to get Brass off the mark and John Westerman produced their sole win of the evening for a final score of 21-3. CHAMPION STYLE; But Pools force the seasiders to fight for win by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) they had all three of us step forward in front of the formation and the platoon sergeant and company commander came up and they took our Goddess Athena brass off and put crossed pistols on us. Remembering the Women's Army Corps by Collins, Elizabeth M. / Soldiers Magazine One minute you're happily studying English at a former poly in Bristol, the next you've managed to brass off a fair proportion of the optical fraternity, who are only too happy to take part in an increasingly bitter public slanging match. Eye eye captain; Dan Panes looks at the rise and rise of Britain's ... by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)			box box clever box ears box in box up boxed boxed in boxed on the table boy Boy howdy! boy oh boy Boys will be boys brace brace oneself for brace up brag about brain brains out brainwash with brake branch branch off branch out brass brass monkey weather brass off brave brave out bread bread always falls on the buttered side bread and butter bread and circuses bread and water Bread is the staff of life bread-and-butter letter break break a code break a habit break a law Break a leg! break a record break a story break against break away break back break balls break bread break bread with break camp break down break even			Brass family Brass family brass farthing Brass fastener Brass fastener Brass foil brass founder's ague brass founder's ague brass hat Brass Hat (horse) brass hats brass instrument brass instrument Brass instruments Brass instruments Brass Jacketed Hollow Point Brass knuckle brass knuckles brass knuckles Brass Knuckles Extreme Gear brass knucks Brass Locomotive Company brass monkey Brass monkey (disambiguation) Brass Monkey Brass Band brass monkey weather Brass musical instrument Brass musical instrument brass neck Brass of the Potomac brass off brass ore brass pipe Brass Plating Brass Plum Brass Quintet Bucuresti brass ring Brass rubbing Brass rubbing brass rubbings brass rubbings brass section brass section Brass Surround Kit Brass Swan Bed and Breakfast brass tacks Brass Tacks, Get Down to Brass tax Brass Unlimited Brass wind instrument Brass wind instrument Brass, Sally Brass, Sampson brass-collar Brass-knuckles brass-tacks Brass-visaged Brassage Brassai Brassai

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