take years off someone

take years off someone
take years off (someone) put years on (someone) - to make someone look or feel much older.

Losing all that weight has taken years off her.


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  • take years off — (someone) put years on (someone) to make someone look or feel much older. Losing all that weight has taken years off her …   New idioms dictionary

  • take years off — to cause someone to look or feel younger Not only has the diet improved how she feels, but it s also taken years off (her appearance). • • • Main Entry: ↑year …   Useful english dictionary

  • put years on someone — put years on (or take years off) someone make someone feel or look older (or younger) …   Useful english dictionary

  • take up where someone left off — take up where (someone/something) left off to continue something that was started by someone or something. Five years after their first album, the band takes up where they left with the release of their new disc. If the legislature won t approve… …   New idioms dictionary

  • take up where something left off — take up where (someone/something) left off to continue something that was started by someone or something. Five years after their first album, the band takes up where they left with the release of their new disc. If the legislature won t approve… …   New idioms dictionary

  • take up where left off — take up where (someone/something) left off to continue something that was started by someone or something. Five years after their first album, the band takes up where they left with the release of their new disc. If the legislature won t approve… …   New idioms dictionary

  • take — take1 [ teık ] (past tense took [ tuk ] ; past participle tak|en [ teıkən ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 move something/someone ▸ 2 cause someone/something to move ▸ 3 perform action ▸ 4 need something ▸ 5 accept ▸ 6 win prize/election ▸ 7 reach out and get ▸… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • take — 1 /teIk/ verb past tense took past participle taken MOVE STH 1 (T) to move someone or something from one place to another: Don t forget to take your bag when you go. | Paul doesn t know the way can you take him? | take sb/sth to: We take the kids …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • take — I [[t]te͟ɪk[/t]] USED WITH NOUNS DESCRIBING ACTIONS ♦ takes, taking, took, taken (Take is used in combination with a wide range of nouns, where the meaning of the combination is mostly given by the noun. Many of these combinations are common… …   English dictionary

  • off — 1 adverb, adjective (not before noun) 1 away or from where something is: Travis got into his car and drove off. | Suddenly they turned off and parked in a side road. | be off (=to leave): We re off now. Thanks for the meal! | be off to (=to go to …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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