In an American movie called "The Intern", there is this line (or something like that): Our investors think a seasoned CEO could take some things off your plate. Apparently, the line was spoken by an employee of a company to the young CEO. After this discussion, they started interviewing...
Hi, kind people I have a confusion between get off work and take off work. I want to ask my friend when he stops his work at his job for the day. So should I ask him like this: "What time do you get off work?" Or should I ask him another way: "What time do you take off work...
I take it to be offline, in the meaning of not actively linked to a computer or central computer. WR gives, under the entry offline, but under meaning 37 of 'line': 37 Off-line not actively linked to a computer or central computer. offline - WordReference.com Dictionary of English WR...
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 the ACTION that happens when someone trips the alarm. The alarm goes on - usually it means the alarm itself. The alarm signal goes ON. In order for the alarm to go OFF. That is, different places in the system are being ...
Do you say 'get off the phone' only to someone who's talking on the phone with someone else? Or can it also be said to someone who's just playing with his phone, gaming, scrolling facebook etc?