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OFF Flashcards

1
Q

Call off

A

Cancel a meeting

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2
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Cut s/o off

A

Take out of a will

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3
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Cut off

A

Remove with s/th sharp
Stop providing
Block someone’s way

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4
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Cut off

A

Disconnect a phone call accidentally

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5
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Give off

A

Give a terrible smell

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6
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Get off

A

Leave a bus, train etc

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7
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Go off

A

Explode
Stop liking someone/something
Start making a noise
Food/drink: not fresh

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8
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Drop off

A

Leave a passanger somewhere

To start to sleep

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9
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Keep off

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Avoid mentioning a particular subject in a conversation
To not go onto a particular area of land
If rain or snow keeps off, it does not fall, although you expected it to

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10
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Go off

A

Stop operating (electricity, a computer, tv)

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11
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Lay off

A

To end someone’s employment, especially temporarily, because there is not enough work for them

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12
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Fall off

A

If the amount, level, or value of something falls off, it gets smaller

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13
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Pay off

A

Finish to pay a loan

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14
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Hold off

A

If rain or snow holds off, it does not fall, although you expected it to
To deliberately delay doing something

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15
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Drop off

A

Leave a passenger somewhere

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16
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Kick off

A

Start a game of football
To begin, or to begin something
To force someone to leave a place or activity

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17
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Switch off

A

Stop the energy flow, turn off

To stop listening to someone, or to stop thinking about something

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18
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Shake off

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To get rid of something bad such as a problem, illness, or fear

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19
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Turn off

A

Switch off equipment
To leave the road that you are travelling along in order to go along another one
To stop paying attention

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20
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Burn off

A

To use up energy or get rid of fat from your body by doing physical activity

21
Q

Cordon off

A

To stop people from entering an area by putting something such as a rope around it

22
Q

Tell off

A

To criticize someone angrily for doing sg. wrong

23
Q

Fight off

A

Try to stop a wild animal attacking you

24
Q

Lift off

A

When rockets rise into the air

25
Q

Make off

A

Rob and escape

26
Q

Drive off

A

You leave a place in some kind of vehicle

27
Q

Laugh off

A

Pretend sth was not at all important

Play down

28
Q

Live off

A

To depend on someone or something for the money or food that you need

29
Q

Scrape off

A

Remove sth with a knife from the surface

30
Q

Doze/Nod off

A

Fall into a light sleep without intending to because you are very tired

31
Q

Pull off

A

Drive to the side of a road
To succeed in doing sg that is difficult
To take off clothes, especially quickly

32
Q

Let off

A

Not punish
To allow someone not to do something that they were expecting to have to do
To allow a passenger to get out of a car or off a bus

33
Q

Put off

A

Postpone / distract

34
Q

Take off

A

Remove clothing etc
Aircraft: start flying
Become successful etc
To have a particular amount of time away from work

35
Q

See off

A

Say goodbye to s/o going on a journey

36
Q

Set off

A

Begin a journey
Make something start working
Make something explode

37
Q

Ring off

A

To finish a phone call

38
Q

Wear off

A

Gradually disappear (feeling, pain, emotion)

39
Q

Slip off

A

Leave quietly

40
Q

Show off

A

Do thinks to try and impress people

To show people something that you are very proud of so that they will admire it

41
Q

Stop off

A

Break your journey somewhere for a time

42
Q

Write off

A

Send a letter to an organization

43
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Break off

A

To stop doing something, especially speaking
To end a relationship or a discussion
If you break a piece off something, you remove it from the main part

44
Q

Bring STH off

A

Succeed in doing sth difficult

45
Q

Carry STH off

A

Complete successfully

46
Q

Come off

A

Succeed

To stop taking sg such as a medicine or drug

47
Q

Get off with STH

A

Avoid punishment

48
Q

Send off

A

To post something to someone

49
Q

Rope off

A

To enclose an area using ropes, usually because of danger

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