Synonymous with beating around the bush.
Listen Johnny, I know you have some thing weighing on your mind right now, just stop beating off behind the bush and say it.
When a person is fighting with shoes in and walk away without shoes on.
Dang they beat the shoes off that man.
October 5th is national bear off day to celebrate all the boys
“Yo tmrw Ima beat you off”
“Why”
“It’s national beat off day today”