WITH ‘OFF’ 12 PHRASAL VERBS 1 MIND MENDERS
CALLS OFF MEANING: Postpone or cancel something. We had to call off the meeting with new client. 2 MIND MENDERS
GO OFF MEANING : Explode or fire. The gun went off at the beginning of the race. 3 MIND MENDERS
LAY OFF MEANING: to stop doing something,give up, fired from work. My sister was laid off from the job. 4 MIND MENDERS
LIVE OFF MEANING : depend on something or something as a source of income or support. My little sister lives off my parents. 5 MIND MENDERS
MAKE OFF MEAN ING : leave quickly. The bank robbers made off with two million dollars. 6 MIND MENDERS
PAY OFF MEANING : yeild good results, succeed My hard work has really paid off,I just graduated with honors and got a good job. 7 MIND MENDERS
PULL OFF MEANING : manage to make something happen. I cant believe they were able to pull off such a big party in spite it was raining cats and dogs outside. 8 MIND MENDERS
PUT OFF MEANING: avoid, delay, postpone. We put off the picnic until tomorrow because it was raining. 9 MIND MENDERS
MEANING: Make someone very mad or angry. Talking about politics always set my uncle off.He thinks government makes too much money. 10 MIND MENDERS
TAKE OFF MEANING – someone quickly leaving. The police officer took off after the speeding car. 11 MIND MENDERS
SHOW OFF MEANING: show or brag about one’s abilities or accomplishments. My friend likes to show off how much he knows about Hollywood movies. 12 MIND MENDERS
WRITE OFF MEANING : cancellation of a bad debt or asset. The bank wrote of 300 default accounts. 13 MIND MENDERS