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Perfect Stranger Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Vocabulary question no. 24 - take the battery off/out

Hello again,

I'm afraid I've got another question lined up...

This is the cheapest PC I could get in this country and I'm pretty happy about it but the thing is that the battery died on me a while ago so I had to take it off.

Well, the intedned meaning was I had to remove it. Can we use take off here? Or should I use take out?

Thanks a lot
  

Top answer

Perfect Stranger Can we use take off here? Not unless it is attached externally. Perfect Stranger Or should I use take out?

— Mister Micawber

  • Perfect Stranger Can we use take off here?
  • Not unless it is attached externally.
  • Perfect Stranger Or should I use take out?
  • Yes, that is what I would expect.
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Perfect StrangerCan we use take off here?
Not unless it is attached externally.
Perfect StrangerOr should I use take out?
Yes, that is what I would expect.
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Oh... actually the battery was not part of the computer... I mean, it wasn't inside. It was a detachable battery. Hmm... In that case which phrasal verb would be better?
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Perfect Stranger actually the battery was not part of the computer... I mean, it wasn't inside. It was a detachable battery.
Then I would use 'detach'.
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Perfect StrangerDoes detach imply a permanent state?
No.
Perfect StrangerSomehow if someone say I took the battery out it sounds like the battery was removed forever.
Not to me.
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