I will have to take off from work to go to the doctor.
•I want to take some time off from work and paint the house.
•Ken took off from work when he was ill.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
take off — {v. phr.} 1a. To leave fast; depart suddenly; run away. * /The dog took off after a rabbit./ Compare: LIGHT OUT. 1b. {informal} To go away; leave. * /The six boys got into the car and took off for the drug store./ 2. To leave on a flight, begin… … Dictionary of American idioms
take off — {v. phr.} 1a. To leave fast; depart suddenly; run away. * /The dog took off after a rabbit./ Compare: LIGHT OUT. 1b. {informal} To go away; leave. * /The six boys got into the car and took off for the drug store./ 2. To leave on a flight, begin… … Dictionary of American idioms
take off — verb 1. leave (Freq. 15) The family took off for Florida • Syn: ↑depart, ↑part, ↑start, ↑start out, ↑set forth, ↑set off, ↑set out … Useful english dictionary
take\ off — v. phr. 1a. To leave fast; depart suddenly; run away. The dog took off after a rabbit. Compare: light out 1b. informal To go away; leave. The six boys got into the car and took off for the drug store. 2. To leave on a flight, begin going up. A… … Словарь американских идиом
take off — 1)(clothes) remove clothes etc. Please take off your shoes before you enter our house. 2)(time) be absent from work He was sick and had to take off a week from work. 3) depart suddenly or quickly, run away We decided to take off right after the… … Idioms and examples
take off — phrasal verb Word forms take off : present tense I/you/we/they take off he/she/it takes off present participle taking off past tense took off past participle taken off 1) [transitive] to remove something, especially a piece of clothing I d better … English dictionary
work — I n. labor 1) to do work (they never do any work) 2) to begin; quit, stop work (they quit work at one o clock) 3) to take on work 4) to undo smb. s work 5) backbreaking, hard; delicate; demanding; dirty, scut; easy, light; exhausting, tiring;… … Combinatory dictionary
Rostovian take-off model — The Rostovian take off model (also called Rostow s Stages of Growth ) is one of the major historical models of economic growth. It was developed by W. W. Rostow. The model postulates that economic modernization occurs in five basic stages, of… … Wikipedia
Assisted take off — is any system for helping aircraft into the air (as opposed to strictly under its own power). The reason it might be needed is due to the aircraft s weight exceeding the normal maximum take off weight, insufficient power, or the available runway… … Wikipedia
Work-family conflict — is “a form of interrole conflict in which the role pressures from the work and family domains are mutually incompatible in some respect. That is participation in the work (family) role is made more difficult by virtue of participation in the… … Wikipedia
Work-life balance — The expression work life balance was first used in the late 1970s to describe the balance between an individual s work and personal life. (New Ways to Work and the Working Mother s Association in the United Kingdom). In the United States, this… … Wikipedia
