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write sb/sth off

Phrasal Verb with write
 
 
/raɪt/ verb (wrote, written)

Definition

to decide that a particular person or thing is no longer useful, important, or successful: The company was written off by its competitors.
(Definition of write sb/sth off from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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