write off

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar o cancelamento de uma dívida, o reconhecimento de algo como perda ou fracasso, ou o ato de descartar alguém ou algo como sem importância.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of canceling a debt, considering something as a loss or failure, or dismissing someone or something as insignificant.

incontável · verbo irregular · transitivo · phrasal, separável

1. formal

   To officially cancel a debt, acknowledging that it will not be paid.

   Cancelar uma dívida

   • The bank decided to write off the bad loan.
   • The company wrote off millions in unpaid invoices.
   • They had to write off the debt after the client went bankrupt.

   Sinônimosannulcanceldischargeforgiveremitwaive

2. Dismiss as worthlessinformal

   To decide that someone or something is not important, useful, or worth considering.

   Descartar como inútil

   • Don't write him off just because he's young.
   • Many critics wrote off the movie before it was released.
   • She wrote off his suggestion as impractical.

   Sinônimosbrush offdiscountdismissdisregardignorepooh-poohrejectshrug off

   Antônimosappreciaterespectvalue

3. Destroy completelyinformal

   To damage something so badly that it cannot be repaired.

   Destruir completamente

   • He wrote off his car in the accident.
   • The storm wrote off the entire crop.
   • The fire wrote off the building.

   Sinônimosdemolishdestroysmashtotaltrashwreck

   Antônimosfixmendrebuildrepairrestoresalvage

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