OFF Flashcards
(49 cards)
Call off
Cancel a meeting
Cut s/o off
Take out of a will
Cut off
Remove with s/th sharp
Stop providing
Block someone’s way
Cut off
Disconnect a phone call accidentally
Give off
Give a terrible smell
Get off
Leave a bus, train etc
Go off
Explode
Stop liking someone/something
Start making a noise
Food/drink: not fresh
Drop off
Leave a passanger somewhere
To start to sleep
Keep off
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
Go off
Stop operating (electricity, a computer, tv)
Lay off
To end someone’s employment, especially temporarily, because there is not enough work for them
Fall off
If the amount, level, or value of something falls off, it gets smaller
Pay off
Finish to pay a loan
Hold off
If rain or snow holds off, it does not fall, although you expected it to
To deliberately delay doing something
Drop off
Leave a passenger somewhere
Kick off
Start a game of football
To begin, or to begin something
To force someone to leave a place or activity
Switch off
Stop the energy flow, turn off
To stop listening to someone, or to stop thinking about something
Shake off
To get rid of something bad such as a problem, illness, or fear
Turn off
Switch off equipment
To leave the road that you are travelling along in order to go along another one
To stop paying attention
Burn off
To use up energy or get rid of fat from your body by doing physical activity
Cordon off
To stop people from entering an area by putting something such as a rope around it
Tell off
To criticize someone angrily for doing sg. wrong
Fight off
Try to stop a wild animal attacking you
Lift off
When rockets rise into the air
