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1. The near or foreseeable future
   "there was a wedding in the offing"
    
2. 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"

1. [N. Amer, informal] Kill intentionally and with premeditation
   - murder, slay [literary], hit, dispatch, bump off [informal], polish off [informal], remove, croak
    
2. Go away from a place
   - leave, go forth, go away

Derived forms: offings

Type of: body of water, future, futurity, hereafter, kill, time to come, water

Part of: briny [Brit], main

Encyclopedia: Offing