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take time off

take time off verb: to take time off from employment; to cease working temporarily.

Verb

take time off (third-person singular simple present takes time off, present participle taking time off, simple past took time off, past participle taken time off)

  1. (idiomatic) To take time off from employment; to cease working temporarily.

Forms of take time off

third-person singular presenttakes time off
present participletaking time off
pasttook time off
past participletaken time off

Questions about take time off

What does take time off mean?
Take time off means to take time off from employment; to cease working temporarily.
What part of speech is take time off?
Take time off is a verb.
What is the past tense of take time off?
The past tense of take time off is took time off.

Words near take time off in the dictionary

  1. take the words out of someone's mouth
  2. take the wrong turn at Albuquerque
  3. take the wrong way
  4. take time
  5. take time by the forelock
  6. take time off
  7. take time out
  8. take to
  9. take to court
  10. take to drink
  11. take to heart

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