TAKE STH OFF STH


Meaning of TAKE STH OFF STH in English

1.

to remove an amount of money or a number of marks, points, etc. in order to reduce the total :

The manager took $10 off the bill.

That experience took ten years off my life (= made me feel ten years older) .

2.

[ often passive ] to stop sth from being sold :

The slimming pills were taken off the market.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.