| 单词 | to take off the books |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take (also strike, etc.) off the books (a) to take (also strike, etc.) off the books: to remove from a register of members, clients, etc. Cf. on (also upon) the books at Phrases 2g. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > withdraw (from a task or undertaking) > from a group, game, or competition to take (also strike, etc.) off the books1755 scratch1866 to stand down1874 to drop out1883 1755 Gentleman's & London Mag. Oct. 505/2 It has likewise been ordered, that all out-pensioners belonging to Chelsea hospital..do, on pain of being struck off the books, personally appear. 1795 T. Swift Prison Pindarics 16 When my son came to live in College I found it convenient to live with him in his apartments, and continued to hold possession of them for a long time after his name was taken off the books, conceiving I had a legal title to the same. 1864 Manch. Guardian 25 Oct. 5/3 Considerable dissatisfaction was felt at the request to strike them off the books. a1941 B. L. Coombes War Diary of Welsh Miner in B. Jones & C. Williams With Dust still in his Throat (1999) 172 They knocked him off the books and all the help he could get was one and eightpence a week. 2008 G. Dunford Big Trip 126/1 Many..IT professionals fund their travels by registering with temp agencies... You can take your name off the books to go travelling and then sign back on when you're ready to return. < as lemmas |
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