write something off

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• write something off — write (someone/something) off to decide that someone or something is not important. Most critics wrote him off as a minor artist until he received that huge grant. Everyone had pretty much written off the team after they lost their tournament… …   New idioms dictionary

• write something off — 1) write someone/something off dismiss someone or something as insignificant the boy had been written off as a nonachiever 2) cancel the record of a bad debt; acknowledge the loss of or failure to recover an asset he urged the banks to write off… …   Useful english dictionary

• write something off — 1》 (write someone/thing off) dismiss someone or something as insignificant. 2》 cancel the record of a bad debt; acknowledge the failure to recover an asset. 3》 Brit. damage a vehicle so badly that it cannot be repaired. → write …   English new terms dictionary

• write something off as something — ˌwrite sb/sthˈoff (as sth) derived to decide that sb/sth is a failure or not worth paying any attention to Syn: ↑dismiss Main entry: ↑writederived …   Useful english dictionary

• write someone off — write (someone/something) off to decide that someone or something is not important. Most critics wrote him off as a minor artist until he received that huge grant. Everyone had pretty much written off the team after they lost their tournament… …   New idioms dictionary

• dash something off — write something hurriedly and without much premeditation * * * ˌdash sthˈoff derived to write or draw sth very quickly • I dashed off a note to my brother. Main entry: ↑dashderived …   Useful english dictionary

• dash something off — write something hurriedly and without much thought. → dash …   English new terms dictionary

• write somebody off as something — ˌwrite sb/sthˈoff (as sth) derived to decide that sb/sth is a failure or not worth paying any attention to Syn: ↑dismiss Main entry: ↑writederived …   Useful english dictionary

• take something off — take (something) off to not work at your job for a period of time. I ve decided to take next semester off and travel and write. Jim needs to take off for a little while …   New idioms dictionary

• write someone/something off — 1 they have had to write off loans: FORGET ABOUT, disregard, give up on, cancel, annul, wipe out. 2 he wrote off his new car: WRECK, smash up, crash, destroy …   Useful english dictionary

• write — (v.) O.E. writan to score, outline, draw the figure of, later to set down in writing (class I strong verb; past tense wrat, pp. writen), from P.Gmc. *writanan tear, scratch (Cf. O.Fris. writa to write, O.S. writan to tear, scratch, write, O.N.… …   Etymology dictionary