separate off (from someone or something)

1. To split off, disconnect, or become isolated (from other people or things). My friends and I separated off from the tour group to look at a different exhibit on our own. The power unit keeps separating off. We'll need a new way to keep it attached to the machine.

2. To remove and isolate someone, something, or a group from one or more other people or things. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used either before or after "off." I had to separate the troublesome student off from the rest of the class. Please go through that huge stack of books and separate off the ones that you want to keep.

separate off (from something)

to move or head away from something. The road to the cabin separates off from the main road and goes along for a mile or two. It separates off about a mile from here.

separate something off from something

and separate something off

to remove something from something. Frank separated the cream off from the milk. Separate off the hens from the rooster.

词组	separate off (from someone or something)
释义	separate off (from someone or something) separate off (from someone or something) 1. To split off, disconnect, or become isolated (from other people or things). My friends and I separated off from the tour group to look at a different exhibit on our own. The power unit keeps separating off. We'll need a new way to keep it attached to the machine. 2. To remove and isolate someone, something, or a group from one or more other people or things. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used either before or after "off." I had to separate the troublesome student off from the rest of the class. Please go through that huge stack of books and separate off the ones that you want to keep. See also: off, separate, someone Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. separate off (from something) to move or head away from something. The road to the cabin separates off from the main road and goes along for a mile or two. It separates off about a mile from here. See also: off, separate separate something off from something and separate something off to remove something from something. Frank separated the cream off from the milk. Separate off the hens from the rooster. See also: off, separate McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: (I've) got to take off be off for (something) be off for sth (Now) where was I? be well off for (something) be well off for something be off with you break off base off (of) (something else) bounce off the walls
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