Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This one means to surpass, to beat all. A cowboy would say "Don't that take the rag off!"
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This one meant to make fun of. You didn't want a cowboy to throw off on you.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! A spindigo was a person who came off badly in something. He was a failure.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This one meant to run, to move off. It's another made-up word.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant distant or aloof. The image is of someone standing off away from everyone else.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This means to get the better of someone, especially in a verbal match. You can see how the image comes from scoring in a game.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant to leave in a hurry, to walk or run quickly. You were pulling your feet off the ground rapidly.
Fore-Handed - To be in good circumstances, to be comfortably off.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant something impossible. It often referred to a person you couldn't surprise or catch off guard.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant to beat or thrash thoroughly. The image is of hitting him so hard that all the dirt flies off the plow.
get off on it is slang for Get turned on by something.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant to happen upon, to come upon by chance. The image is of lighting, or getting down off your horse, and just finding something.
Don't pee me off.