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- to drop off a meeting - WordReference Forums
Hello everyone! In a meeting I have heard people say "I need to drop off the meeting" and "I need to drop off to another meeting", and I wonder if the use of drop off is correct in this context (to drop off a meeting) Can anyone clear things up for me? Thank you in advance!
- get off work or take off work? | WordReference Forums
Hi, kind people I have a confusion between get off work and take off work I want to ask my friend when he stops his work at his job for the day So should I ask him like this: "What time do you get off work?" Or should I ask him another way: "What time do you take off work
- dispose of dispose off - WordReference Forums
"The company wants to dispose off the equipment " Is this sentence correct Iam confused whether it is dispose of or dispose off as I see a lot of sentences that use dispose off But when I searched I could just find that dispose of is the phrasal verb that should be used Please help
- The alarm goes on goes off - WordReference Forums
Alarm goes off: "To go off" means "to trip, to start sounding" Something has triggered the alarm, and it went off (started sounding, flashing lights, what not) This is about the ACTION that happens when someone trips the alarm The alarm goes on - usually it means the alarm itself The alarm signal goes ON In order for the alarm to go OFF That is, different places in the system are being
- Off the grid - WordReference Forums
Hello I know that the original meaning of "off the grid" is to not have electricity or utilities, but nowadays in American movies, I almost always hear it used to mean "to not have cell service", "to intentionally turn off your phone and not be connected to any social media websites" or "to be
- Off Vs Off to | WordReference Forums
Sentence (b) is correct, but the phrase "off to Scotland" uses be off, not off to The to is part of to Scotland This is meaning 34 of "off" in the WordReference dictionary: 34 starting on one's way; leaving [be + off] I'm off to Europe on Monday Some other examples of how "off" is used this way: After breakfast, we'll be off
- Be off to do doing - WordReference Forums
I am off to work on my project I am off working on my project Is sentence one the only correct one?
- Shut off, cut off or turn off? - WordReference Forums
Water, electricity and gas tend to use "cut off" where the mains supply is stopped for any reason, but "shut off" is fine for water "Turn off" is also fine, but it lacks the emphasis of "cut off" or "shut off" "Turn off" is the usual expression for ordinarily closing a tap, but you could use "shut off" for something where there is an emphatic flow of water With a car alarm, I think you can
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