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write off

Figuratively, to assign a low value to something.
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When Katya was injured, he wrote off the team's chances in the finals.

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Submitted on August 09, 2009

Additional definitions for 'write off':

write offTo reduce an asset's book value to zero.
write offTo record an expenditure as an expense.
write offTo record an notional expense such as amortization or depreciation.
write offunrepairable car
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