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Silak12 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Off meaning?

Hi, everyone.

Could you tell me what "off" means in this context?

There is not a face mask or bottle of hand sanitiser to be seen, as more worshippers walk past the police picket outside to crowd into the mosque's inner chamber, with its fluorescent lights twinkling off the latticed mirror ceiling

  

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silak12 off "off" suggests "reflecting". The light bounces "off" the mirrors. CJ

  • silak12 off "off" suggests "reflecting".
  • The light bounces "off" the mirrors.
  • CJ
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silak12off

"off" suggests "reflecting". The light bounces "off" the mirrors.

CJ

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