take something off
ˌtake sthˈoff derived
1. to remove sth, especially a piece of clothing from your/sb's body
•to take off your coat
• He took off my wet boots and made me sit by the fire.
Opp: put on
2. to have a period of time as a break from work
• I've decided to take a few days off next week.
3. often passive to stop a public service, television programme, performances of a show, etc
• The show was taken off because of poor audience figures.
4. to remove some of sb's hair, part of sb's body, etc
•The hairdresser asked me how much she should take off.
•The explosion nearly took his arm off.
Main entry: ↑takederived
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