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SET OFF

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• Mr.Eren usually sets off for work at 8 o’clock.
• Tomorrow is a big day. You’re going to Malta finally. When are you going to set off?
• We usually set off early when we go on a holiday.
• Because Murat set off late, he couldn’t stop to have breakfast on the road.

MEANING: to begin a journey.

LOG OFF; LOG OFF something

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All students have to log off when they finish using the computer.

I think my computer has been infected by a virus. I just can’t log off. It is crashed.

Logging off is very important when a lot of people use the same computer.

If you don’t want anybody to see your account, you must log off the site.

MEANING:

Log off: to finish using a computer system

SYNONYM: log off = log out

OPPOSITE: log off X log in

GO OFF ( Second meaning )

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I forgot to put the milk in the fridge as a result it went off.

If you don’t keep the meat in the fridge, it goes off very quickly.

As soon as I tasted the food, I noticed that it had gone off.

In hot days some kinds of food such as fish, meat etc.. go off easily.

What happens if food or drink goes off? ( Tick the correct ONES )

a) it is kept in the wrong place

b) somebody has drunk or eaten it

c) it smells terrible

d) it tastes bad

KEY: c, d

SYNONYM: GO OFF = BE OFF

There is something wrong about the fish. I think it is off.

GO OFF

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While Cenk was playing with the gun, it accidentally went off.

As we learned from the CNN, a bomb went off and ten people died.

When the thief attempted to enter my house, the alarm went off.

As I start the day early, my alarm clock goes off every morning at 6.30.

The fireworks go off as a celebration of our independence day.

MEANING:

If a bomb goes off, it explodes.

If a gun goes off, it is fired by someone.

If an alarm goes off, it makes a sudden loud noise.

DROP somebody or something OFF

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As soon as Cem arrived Marmaris, he dropped his bags off at the hotel and went to the beach.

If you don’t have time, I will drop the children off at school.

Where can I drop you off? Tell me a suitable place.

MEANING:

If you drop somebody off you take somebody in your car and leave them somewhere.

If you drop something off you deliver something somewhere.

OPPOSITE: drop off X pick up

TÜRKÇE: drop somebody or something off: birini ve ya birseyi bir yere ulastirmak.

CUT somebody OFF

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While I was talking to her, the operator cut me off.

You have been cut off. Try to reconnect.

While they were checking the telephone lines, they cut me off.

MEANING: 1) to interrupt a telephone conversation by breaking the connection.

                 2) to interrupt somebody when they are speaking.

My son cut me off while I was talking to my manager on the phone.

He is a very rude man. He always cut people off when they are talking.