- break off = suddenly stop talking.
He started to speak but then broke off to answer the phone.
- break something off = break off something = end a relationship.
They broke off their engagement after four years.
- get off = leave a place.
I will try to get off after lunch.
- get off = not be punished for something.
In the end she got off because there wasn't enough evidence against her.
- give off something = produce a smell, heat, sound, etc.
The walls gave off a smell of paint for a week.
- make off = leave quickly, escape.
The thief made off as the police arrived.
- make off with something = steal something.
The thief made off with her bag.
- run something off = run off something = quickly print some
copies of something.
Please run off a few more copies before the meeting.
- run something off = run off something = write a poem, speech, etc.
quickly and easily.
She could run off an essay in less than an hour.
- run somebody off something = force somebody to leave a place.
She ran the dog off her house with a stick.
- run off with somebody = secretly go away with somebody to marry
him/her or live with him/her.
She decided to run off with a married man.
- take off = (aircrafts) rise into the air.
The plane took off on time.
- take off = start being successful.
Helen's career took off when she began working in tourism.
- take something off = take off something = remove a piece of clothing.
He took off his shoes before entering the house.
- take somebody off = take off somebody = imitate somebody.
She took off the teacher and everyone laughed.
Exercise
Choose the right answer.

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