Iam confused whether it is dispose of or dispose off as i see a lot of sentences that use dispose off At least where i live, get off from is used, but not as readily as those two. But when i searched i could just find that dispose of is the phrasal verb that should be used
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What is the meaning of off the back of something also, i searched for any old posts in here, and i was able to find this one
Off the back of this therefore, i am really confused whether off the back of something can be used as two types of idioms.
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 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 the action that happens when someone trips the alarm The alarm signal goes on In order for the alarm to go off That is, different places in the system are being.
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 conversational purposes (no deep metaphysical debates, please folks!) they all mean the same thing Sometimes you can have too many choices in life. Hallo, which one is correct lampreys live on blood that they suck out'' or '' they live off blood that they suck out''
Sentence (b) is correct, but the phrase off to scotland uses be off, not off to The to is part of to scotland This is meaning 34 of off in the wordreference dictionary Leaving [be + off] i'm off to europe on monday
Some other examples of how off is used this way
After breakfast, we'll be off. 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
