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Leon1025 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

get (to) take off early

HI, all

Yesterday I saw a film form the US, one man said: "I got take off early."
Is it a right way or not? Since I found in dictionary "get to take off early" sould be a right way...

Thanks!
  

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A little context would be nice. What movie? How far in?

— Enoon

  • A little context would be nice.
  • What movie?
  • How far in?
  • What was going on?
  • Who was he?
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A little context would be nice. What movie? How far in? What was going on? Who was he? What was said by whom before and after that?

I can imagine a pilot saying that, meaning that he got permission to take off sooner than expected: "I got takeoff early."
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enoonA little context would be nice. What movie? How far in? What was going on? Who was he? What was said by whom before and after that?I can imagine a pilot saying that, meaning that he got permission to take off sooner than expected: "I got takeoff early."
Hi Enoon,

My mistook, not a film, it is a series called "person of interest".
If you inter
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Thanks for the info. Sometimes I can find it online and listen, or find the script, but not this time. Sorry.

My first guess is all I've got. He might have said the noun "takeoff", which is what an airplane does when it starts to fly. He might have said "I gotta take off", meaning "I must leave", and you didn't hear the "a" at the end of "got". You are right that "I got take off early" is
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enoonThanks for the info. Sometimes I can find it online and listen, or find the script, but not this time. Sorry.My first guess is all I've got. He might have said the noun "takeoff", which is what an airplane does when it starts to fly. He might have said "I gotta take off", meaning "I must leave", and you didn't hear the "a" at the end of "got". You are right that "I g
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