to drop off a meeting

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

2025 Jul 14

The alarm goes on/goes off

Alarm goes off: "To go off" means "to trip, to start sounding". Something has triggered the alarm, and it went off (started sounding, flashing lights, what not). This is about

2024 Apr 12

are you off work

In BE, "off work" means not working, possibly because of illness, or because you are on leave or have a holiday. Therefore, in BE, your question would make sense.

2025 May 23

day off [vs] day leave

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

2023 Apr 21

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.

2024 Jun 08

Cut somebody off/out

Hello everyone, I learned that the phrasal verb "to cut someone off" can be used meaning "to stop having a close or friendly relationship with someone".My question is:Was

2024 Dec 07

dispose of/dispose off

"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.

2023 Jul 28

I get off from work instead of I get off work

Yeah. It''s not too common though. The two most common formulations are: I get off work at 5. and I get off of work at 5. At least where I live, "get off from" is used, but not as

2025 Nov 10

Once-off or One-off

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

2024 Jan 29

I''m off next week vs I''ll 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

2023 Jun 17

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