This document defines and provides examples for common English idioms and phrasal verbs:
- "Nod off" means to fall asleep for a short time while sitting.
- "Knock sth off" means to threaten to hit someone.
- "Back off" means to stop being involved in a situation, especially to allow others to deal with it.
- "Pass on" and "pass out" both refer to losing consciousness, with "pass on" referring to death and "pass out" referring to briefly losing consciousness due to illness, injury, or intoxication.
- "Go off" has multiple meanings depending on the subject, referring to stopping work, exploding
This document defines and provides examples for common English idioms and phrasal verbs:
- "Nod off" means to fall asleep for a short time while sitting.
- "Knock sth off" means to threaten to hit someone.
- "Back off" means to stop being involved in a situation, especially to allow others to deal with it.
- "Pass on" and "pass out" both refer to losing consciousness, with "pass on" referring to death and "pass out" referring to briefly losing consciousness due to illness, injury, or intoxication.
- "Go off" has multiple meanings depending on the subject, referring to stopping work, exploding
This document defines and provides examples for common English idioms and phrasal verbs:
- "Nod off" means to fall asleep for a short time while sitting.
- "Knock sth off" means to threaten to hit someone.
- "Back off" means to stop being involved in a situation, especially to allow others to deal with it.
- "Pass on" and "pass out" both refer to losing consciousness, with "pass on" referring to death and "pass out" referring to briefly losing consciousness due to illness, injury, or intoxication.
- "Go off" has multiple meanings depending on the subject, referring to stopping work, exploding
Nod off To fall asleep for a short time when you I was practically nodding off in that
were sitting on the chair meeting
Knock sth off Used to threatened sb that you will hit them Back off to stop being involved in a situation, I saw the knife, and then backed off especially in order to allow other people to deal with it themselves Pass on Pass away Go off If a light goes off, it stops working If a bomb goes off, it explodes To leave a place and go somewhere else I’m a bit wary of letting Elise go off to the local high school
Piss sb off = To annoy someone He never helps with the housework
pee sb off and it’s starting to piss me off Turn over If an engine turns over, its parts move in When I put the key in the ignition it order to make the engine start running turns over, but it won’t start Fall apart To break into pieces My poor old boots are falling apart If an organization, system, or agreement falls The deal fell apart because of a lack of apart, it fails or stops working effectively financing doze off If you doze off, you start to sleep, especially The office was so hot I nearly dozed off during the day at my desk Pass out To become unconscious for a short time, for I was hit on the head and passed out ex: when ill, badly hurt or drunk