Let’s celebrate Episode 600!
Don’t write off Connection in pursuit of Perfection!
Today for episode 600 we’ll answer a listener question about the phrase “to write off” and we’ll show you how to use it today.
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Hi girls!
I am Fromtis Jundiai in Brazil.
I commute every day to São Paulo and I hear your podcast during my trip.
I love listening to your podcast! You have took me to next level of English learn.
Can you help me with an expression I read on CNN?
“We have written them off”
What does this phrase mean?
“To write someone off” or “to write something off”:
- Meaning 1: To discount or to take out of the picture, to give up on, to stop considering them important
OR
- Meaning 2: A tax deduction. “To write off an expense on your tax return” means that you count something as a business expense such as a rental car for a business trip.
If you read this in CNN it could be either meaning.
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You’ll be able to understand the differences between the two ways that we use “to write off.”
