单词 | to take years off a person |
释义 | > as lemmasto take years off (also from) a person (a) to take years off (also from) a person and variants: to make a person look or feel much younger; to rejuvenate person. ΚΠ 1844 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 550/2 It was a sight to make brighter and bolder the fearless heart of youth,—to take years from the brows of age. 1893 A. Conan Doyle Refugees xii. 123 The change had taken years from a face and figure which had always looked much younger than her age. 1895 Rosary Mag. Dec. 591 Success had taken years from Uncle Seth, and he did not seem at all too old for our darling girl, Blanche. 1947 Life 27 Jan. 116/1 (advt.) Smooth, clean Barbasol shaves..take years off a man's looks, and minutes off his shaving time. 1996 R. Doyle Woman who walked into Doors (1998) xxviii. 213 I'll never forget that—the excitement and terror. It felt so good. It took years off me. 2001 L. Ryan Year of her Life 46 A good cut and some highlights would take years off you. < as lemmas |
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