write something

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• write something up — write a full or formal account of something. → write …   English new terms dictionary

• write something in — ˌwrite sb/sthˈin derived (NAmE, politics) to add an extra name to your voting paper in an election in order to be able to vote for them related noun ↑write in Main entry: ↑writederived …   Useful english dictionary

• write something on the back of a postage stamp — fit/write (something) on the back of a postage stamp if you say you could write what you know about a subject on the back of a postage stamp, you mean you know very little about that subject. What I know about car maintenance could be written on… …   New idioms dictionary

• write something up — 1) write a full or formal account of something I was too tired to write up my notes ■ make entries to bring a diary or similar record up to date he wrote up a work journal which has never been published 2) increase the nominal value of stock or… …   Useful english dictionary

• 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 out — ˌwrite sthˈout derived to write sth on paper, including all the details, especially a piece of work or an account of sth see also ↑write (5) Main entry: ↑writederived …   Useful english dictionary

• write something into something — ˌwrite sth ˈinto sth derived to include a rule or condition in a contract or an agreement when it is made • A penalty clause was written into the contract. Main entry: ↑writederived …   Useful english 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 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 down — reduce the nominal value of stock or goods. → write …   English new terms dictionary