Stamp

**Tdol** · #1 22-Mar-2005, 03:44

Click here to find the answer

tuangpi · #2 22-Mar-2005, 12:31

Hey, it's not fair to give the answer right away! Let us break our head first next time.

**Tdol** · #3 22-Mar-2005, 21:43

I didn't give it away- you have to go and look for it.

tuangpi · #4 22-Mar-2005, 22:08

Aha! I see.

silversea · #5 23-Mar-2005, 00:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by tuangpi

Aha! I see.

stamp out

thanks,

Daruma · #6 23-Jun-2009, 06:25

stamp somethingout
1 to get rid of something that is bad, unpleasant or dangerous, especially by using force or a lot of effort

eliminate: to stamp out racism
2 to put out a fire by bringing your foot down heavily on it: He stamped out the flames before they spread any further.

Hortence · #7 24-Jun-2009, 00:41

Hi,

I didn't find any definition of "stamp off" on the Internet. Does this idiom exist?

englishhobby · #8 13-Jul-2009, 18:21

I think it doesn't

**BobK** · #9 14-Jul-2009, 12:06

It does. Having seen the length of the benefit queues, some people are quite likely to stamp off in disgust.

This is arguably not a phrasal verb though: someone who stamps something out doesn't stamp tout sec, whereas someone who stamps off does stamp. The "off" simply says where they stamp (away from the object of disgust or annoyance).

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