lip off

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English

Verb

lip off (third-person singular simple present lips off, present participle lipping off, simple past and past participle lipped off)

  1. (colloquial, intransitive) To speak rudely, harshly or belligerently.
    • 2000, James W. Marlin, On the Other Hand: An Autobiography:
      She spanked hard enough that she broke the yardstick in half, and picked up the bottom half and continued on with the punishment. I hold no grudge—I deserved it for lipping off.