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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!
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
off the back of something - WordReference Forums What is the meaning of "off the back of something" Also, I searched for any old posts in here, and I was able to find this one Off the back of this Therefore, I am really confused whether "off the back of something" can be used as two types of idioms
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
Im off next week vs Ill be off next week | WordReference Forums Ditto, and to (2) you could add "I won't be in next week" In fact, you could take a week off trying to decide which one to use They are all in the same register, and for normal conversational purposes (no deep metaphysical debates, please folks!) they all mean the same thing Sometimes you can have too many choices in life
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" Which means for the person to just wait a few minutes and the pain will go away, basically, because it is not a serious injury That
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)
Once-off or One-off - WordReference Forums Hello, Does anyone know what is the difference between 'once-off' and 'one-off' or whether once-off is used across the English-speaking world? Recently an English colleague corrected me when I used 'once-off' instead of 'one-off' I'm wondering if 'once-off' is actually hiberno-English as I would always have used it more commonly than 'one-off'
day off [vs] day leave - WordReference Forums I am confused about the way to express the time that you are not required to work Is there any differences in the use of the expressions "day off" and "day leave"? Thanks in advance for your help
start off start out start | WordReference Forums Also, "starting off" could be replaced by "starting out" The issue is not whether "to start off" can be followed by a gerund participle or an infinitive; it is the intended meaning of "start off"