Идиомы и фразеологизмы английского со словом off. Страница шесть

Фразеологизмы со словом off. Страница шесть

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cut off
To separate or block.
The flood cut the townspeople off from the rest of the world.
The woods cut off the view.
His rudeness cuts him off from friends he might have.
To interrupt or stop.
The television show was cut off by a special news report.
We were told to pay the bill or the water would be cut off.
The operator cut our long-distance phone conversation off after two minutes.
To shorten by cutting the ends.
The rope was two feet longer than we needed, so we cut off the extra length.
To end the life of; cause the death of.
Disease cut Smith off in the best part of life.
To give nothing to at death; leave out of a will.
Jane married a man her father hated, and her father cut her off.
Frank's uncle cut him off without a penny.
To stop from operating; turn a switch to stop.
The ship cut off its engines as it neared the dock.
cut offs
cut-offs
Pants cut to the length of shorts and usually left unhemmed so as to look old and worn, e.g., considered cool and elegant.
Jack always wears cut-offs during the summer.
dash off
To make, do, or finish quickly; especially, to draw, paint, or write hurriedly.
Ann took out her drawing pad and pencil and dashed off a sketch of the Indians.
John can dash off several letters while Mary writes only one.
Charles had forgotten to write his English report and dashed it off just before class.
day off
take the day off
A day on which one doesn't have to work, not necessarily the weekend.
Monday is his day off in the restaurant, because he prefers to work on Saturdays and Sundays.
die off
To die one at a time.
The flowers are dying off because there has been no rain.
draw off
draw the fire of
To drain away; deflect.
A light flanking attack was made in order to draw off the enemy's fire.
drift off
To fall asleep.
He kept nodding and drifting off to sleep while the lecturer was speaking.
To depart; leave gradually.
One by one, the sailboats drifted off over the horizon.
drop off
fall off
To take (someone or something) part of the way you are going.
Joe asked Mrs. Jones to drop him off at the library on her way downtown.
I don’t mind dropping you off at the store on my way to work.
To fall asleep.
Jimmy was thinking of his birthday party as he dropped off to sleep.
My mother dropped off during the boring television show; her head was nodding up and down.
To die.
The patient dropped off in his sleep.
To become less. When the quality, degree, or frequency of something decreases, it falls off.
Business picked up in the stores during December, but dropped off again after Christmas.
Sales of fountain pens fell off after the ballpoint pen was invented.
The quality of his work has fallen off as he has gotten older.
Business has been dropping off rapidly recently, but fortunately it hasn’t been falling off as quickly as for our competitors.