day off [vs] day leave

I am confused about the way to express the time that you are not required to work. Is there any differences in the use of the expressions "day off" and "day leave"? Thanks in

2024 Mar 30

dispose of/dispose off

"The company wants to dispose off the equipment." Is this sentence correct. Iam confused whether it is dispose of or dispose off as I see a lot of sentences that use dispose off.

2024 Oct 07

to drop off a meeting

Hello everyone! In a meeting I have heard people say "I need to drop off the meeting" and "I need to drop off to another meeting", and I wonder if the use of drop off is

2024 Sep 10

get off work or take off work? | WordReference Forums

Your choices (get off work, finish work, leave work) will all work fine finishing the question about a normal working day. I don''t see much difference in formality, if any.

2025 Feb 27

are you off work

In BE, "off work" means not working, possibly because of illness, or because you are on leave or have a holiday. Therefore, in BE, your question would make sense.

2026 Jan 17

The alarm goes on/goes off

Alarm goes off: "To go off" means "to trip, to start sounding". Something has triggered the alarm, and it went off (started sounding, flashing lights, what not). This is about

2024 May 15

I''m off next week vs I''ll be off next week | WordReference Forums

Ditto, and to (2) you could add "I won''t be in next week". In fact, you could take a week off trying to decide which one to use . They are all in the same register, and for normal

2025 Mar 28

First off... | WordReference Forums

Hey there, first off means "first of all" right? For example, "first off, my name''s James not Jack..." but my question starts here, what would be the continuation for multiple

2024 Feb 10

Once-off or One-off

Hello, Does anyone know what is the difference between ''once-off'' and ''one-off'' or whether once-off is used across the English-speaking world? Recently an English colleague

2026 Jan 28

''''Off'''' Vs ''''Off to'''' | WordReference Forums

Sentence (b) is correct, but the phrase "off to Scotland" uses be off, not off to. The to is part of to Scotland. This is meaning 34 of "off" in the WordReference dictionary: 34.

2024 May 04

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