to take off
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3.1
- phrasal verb
- /teɪk ɔf/
:
tomarse un día libre
- After numerous requests, his boss permitted him to take time off from work without pay.
- take time off
- take off work
- take a day off
Back off, relax, take a Tuesday off, meditate daily.
- Back off, relax, take a Tuesday off, meditate daily.
- But, yeah, So just take some time off, you know, have fun.
- So in reality, there's no day that you took off to rest, relax and recharge.
- Well, we're going to take a month off of the free public feed.
- Livermore had to take some time off to reflect on his mistakes.
- I took off work that Monday, took off work.
- And I was praying the other day because we always take December off for Bible study.
- You can do crazy things like take a day off once in a while.
- So I used to take one day off a week.
Examples
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I gotta take a few days off.
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- Take a day off.
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But, yeah, So just take some time off, you know, have fun.
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Well, we're going to take a month off of the free public feed.
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You know, we said you could take a couple weeks off.
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So I'm taking a day off to hang with my boyfriend Chad.
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When parents like Mr. Sau take time off work, it means less income for the month.
Academic text (2012) -
Livermore had to take some time off to reflect on his mistakes.
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The employee took five months off work to recover, including 13 weeks of physiotherapy.
Academic text (2014) -
After finishing the project, she decided to take off a week to relax and recharge.
Synonyms
31
2.0
Stay away from work for a day to rest or do personal things
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2.6
To stop work for a short time to rest or deal with personal matters
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3.2
Stop what you are doing to rest or do something different for a short time
Antonyms
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
take + off
The sense 'to become successful or popular' is a metaphorical extension of the literal 'take' + 'off' idea of departing or launching (as with a plane or a product), so there is a recognizable link to the constituent meanings. However, this extended, idiomatic sense is not fully predictable from the parts for an average B1 learner without prior exposure, making the expression only partially transparent.
Etymology
Take off for time away from work comes from taking a piece of time that is 'off' from your job. You take some days off, so it means 'to stop working' for a short time.