Apr 7, 2021 · Hello I know that the original meaning of "off the grid" is to not have electricity or utilities, but nowadays in American movies, I almost always hear it used to mean "to not have …

Jan 14, 2019 · 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: 34. …

Jun 28, 2023 · 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 …

Feb 17, 2012 · 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 …

Feb 4, 2022 · I am off to work on my project. I am off working on my project. Is sentence one the only correct one?

May 8, 2024 · In the sense of making somebody dislike somebody or something, could I use both the verb "put off" and the adjective "off-putting" when referring to both...

Apr 29, 2021 · Off with his head! (From a reference book for Japanese high school students.) Question: What does with mean?

Mar 9, 2024 · However, "go off of" is its own phrasal verb in my estimation because the meaning in question cannot exist without "of". It is not just a collocation that gets added when it takes an …

Feb 1, 2025 · He needs (to take) some time off. Now, to me: - to take (some) time out, would indicate a pause in the performance of a task, before resuming that task. (I think the …

Mar 28, 2016 · Google Ngram viewer is helpful: on and off,off and on you will see (if you can do) that "on and off" is three times as popular as "off and on".