write sth off

— Phrasal Verb with write

/raɪt/ verb (past tense wrote, past participle written)

Definition

MONEY › to accept that an amount of money has been lost or will never be paid to you: to write off debts

VEHICLE UK › to damage a vehicle so badly that it cannot be repaired

(Definition of write sth off from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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