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HUBLOT Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Take a ship out of service

http://www.worldcruise-network.com/features/feature78409/
"The speed of change is increasing year by year. It’s a huge task to take a ship out of service and modernise it in the quickest time possible."

What does out of service mean? Is it the same as "out of service" in "The copier is currently out of service (http://www.learnersdictionary.com/search/service )"?
I wonder why it's a huge task to take a ship that does not operate.
  

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com/features/feature78409 / "The speed of change is increasing year by year. " What does out of service mean? com/search/service )"?

— Clive

  • com/features/feature78409 / "The speed of change is increasing year by year.
  • " What does out of service mean?
  • com/search/service )"?
  • Yes.
  • eg Yesterday I took the copier out of service.
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What does "take" in "take a ship" mean? Is it the same thing as "take" in "take a cab" or "take a plane"?
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Hi,

What does "take" in "take a ship" mean? Is it the same thing as "take" in "take a cab" or "take a plane"?

No. 'Take a ship out of service' means 'remove a ship from service'.

A simpler example is
eg Take a cup from the ta
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