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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!
Walk it off - WordReference Forums To walk it off, is kind of a slang (sort of slang) expression in American English which means , for example, if someone is playing a sport, like soccer, or baseball, and they get hurt in some minor way Then the coach may say to them , for example, "walk it off"
Back up or Back off - WordReference Forums To me, Back off! is an instruction to mind your own business, and to back up is to drive backwards to avoid some obstacle or give another vehicle space (figuratively, and transitively, it also means to provide evidence that something you’ve said is accurate)
duck-off - WordReference Forums Hi seeeker, duck-off is a humorous use of the suffix -off See this definition from the WR dictionary:-off, suffix -off is used to form nouns that name or refer to a competition or contest, esp between finalists or to break a tie:cook + -off → cookoff (= a cooking contest);runoff (= a deciding final contest)
fall off fall of - WordReference Forums I think if we use the verb "to fall" and the words "bike chair" etc together, we should always use "off", for example, we can say "It is very dangerous to fall off a bike chair" But if we use the noun "fall" and those words together, we can use "of" , for example, we can say "I can never forget how the fall of the bike chair on my friend"
sick leave, off sick, out sick | WordReference Forums I have been off sick since last Thursday I have been away sick since last Thursday I would also note with caution what Lexiphile says: "I would always prefer the word ill to sick" "sick leave" is a set phrase used with regard to absence from employment (especially in a military, governmental, corporate or other bureaucratic settings You
get off work or take off work? - WordReference Forums Your choices (get off work, finish work, leave work) will all work fine finishing the question about a normal working day I don't see much difference in formality, if any Note that "Leave work" can also be used to depart even if you have not finished your obligations for the day
start off start out start | WordReference Forums As you were told by several members, that is wrong If you want to use "start off" to mean the same as "start out", that is a different usage and a different meaning For example, if he began to write a book three weeks ago - "He started off writing a book three weeks ago" - is wrong, the "off" should be deleted
Off Vs Off to - WordReference Forums In general "off" is the opposite of "on" Nobody would say "I am on Scotland tomorrow " 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
A ways off - WordReference Forums Hi Will you please tell me what does the phrase "A ways off" mean and why the indefinite article is used with plural noun in the context bellow A ways off, in the kitchen window of my house, you could see my mom’s outline standing at the sink, one elbow raised up and poked out sideways