Buck off=?

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Hello,teacher

What does the phrase mean "buck off" ?
 
Hello,teacher

What does the phrase [STRIKE]mean[/STRIKE] "buck off" mean?

I've never heard it. Where did you encounter it? What was the context? Note my correction above to your question construction.
 
"Yes, I say more forcefully than I mean and try in vain to buck him off."

This is original sentence as above. Please clear my mind and make me understand the sentence.
 
I found the full context below.
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Not a teacher.
 
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I am not a teacher.

With the context that Matthew provided, all is revealed.

An animal, usually a horse, (or a bull in a rodeo) will try to buck the rider off. That means it will make vigorous, jerky, up ad down movements to unsaddle the rider.

Now, imagine someone attached to a bed with someone else straddling them and you should get the picture.
 
I find the following context most illuminating.
'... he climbs smoothly back onto the bed to straddle me once more.'

Not a teacher.
 
Note that there is a big difference between asking us about "to buck someone off" (which is what the phrase actually turned out to be) and asking us about "buck off" which sounded, to me, like something rude you might say to someone when you want them to go away.
 
I find the following context most illuminating.
'... he climbs smoothly back onto the bed to straddle me once more.'

Not a teacher.

I might regret this but I'm going to ask you to give the source of that quote. It sounds to me like it came from a poorly-written soft-porn (erotic) book or film.
 
He gave the source in post #4 which is why I wrote post #5.
 
I didn't realise they came from the same piece. I didn't click on the link in post #4 as it had already been explained! I thought MatthewWai had found a different source.
 
So, should you close this topic? I think it's not good for seeking the English. Because it's too bad for discussing this problem.
emsr2d2, can you please delete it?
 
It sounds to me like it came from a poorly-written soft-porn (erotic) book or film.

Despite all the hype, I'd never read a word of these books till I clicked on the link. It is very rare to read such catastrophically awful prose, and one page will suffice.
 
I found the full context below.
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Not a teacher.

Matthew,

I have removed the link as it's a very recent text and will still be in copyright, but the people answering here have all had time to see the source, so thanks.
 
The writing is dreadful.
 
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