1. The part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area
   "there was a ship in the offing"
    
2. The near or foreseeable future
   "there was a wedding in the offing"

1. [N. Amer, informal] Kill intentionally and with premeditation
   "The gangster was bumped off by his rivals"; "The assassin polished off the injured politician";
   - murder, slay [literary], dispatch, bump off [informal], polish off [informal], croak [informal], despatch [Brit]
    
2. Go away from a place
   "They offed to the beach for the weekend";
   - leave, go forth, go away

Derived forms: offings

See also: clip [informal], do in [informal], knock off [informal], liquidate, neutralise [Brit], neutralize, take out [informal], waste [informal], whack [informal]

Type of: body of water, future, futurity, go, hereafter, kill, locomote, move, time to come, travel, water

Part of: briny [Brit], main

Encyclopedia: Offing