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Bruno Machado Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Origin
Does anyone know the origin of "make off with something"?
I do understand that it means to steal something, but would like to know how it started.
Thankx
I do understand that it means to steal something, but would like to know how it started.
Thankx
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Hello, Bruno-- and welcome to English Forums. Some words and phrases have interesting origins, but it would be difficult or impossible to discover the origins of the many common phrasal verbs composed of our very basic verbs make, do, have, get, try , etc and the common adverbials like up, out, over, on, in, etc. I would guess that make = accomplish and off = away , and that's all.
- Hello, Bruno-- and welcome to English Forums.
- Some words and phrases have interesting origins, but it would be difficult or impossible to discover the origins of the many common phrasal verbs composed of our very basic verbs make, do, have, get, try , etc and the common adverbials like up, out, over, on, in, etc.
- I would guess that make = accomplish and off = away , and that's all.
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Hello, Bruno-- and welcome to English Forums.
Some words and phrases have interesting origins, but it would be difficult or impossible to discover the origins of the many common phrasal verbs composed of our very basic verbs make, do, have, get, try, etc and the common adverbials like up, out, over, on, in, etc. I would guess that make = accomplish and off = away
Some words and phrases have interesting origins, but it would be difficult or impossible to discover the origins of the many common phrasal verbs composed of our very basic verbs make, do, have, get, try, etc and the common adverbials like up, out, over, on, in, etc. I would guess that make = accomplish and off = away
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