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Bookmark or Share- to drop off a meeting | WordReference ForumsHello 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!
- I'm off next week vs I'll be off next week | WordReference ForumsDitto, 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 ...
- off the back of something | WordReference ForumsHi, I studied on the back of something. However, the weird thing is "off the back of something" can be used to convey two types of meanings. from back_1 noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com So, I...
- out of school vs. off school | WordReference ForumsHello Friends, I´d like to make myself assure if the phrases "out of/off school" convey the same meanings as the phrases "out of work/off work". To be more concrete, if I wanted to say that school has just broken up for the summer holidays, would it be correct to say - "The kids are out of...
- build off - WordReference ForumsTo me, it feels that "build on" is developing something that's already there so that it becomes more serious and greater, but "build off" seems to mean something where you would branch off from something so that you would have a slight different or quite new idea like a spin as in 'a spin-off show'.
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