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very much / greatly | Expression: "It's me."
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take off, get off, keep off #1 (permalink) Wed Aug 08, 2007 17:32 pm   take off, get off, keep off		  
Are all of them the same in their meanings?

1) Help me to take weight off.

2) Help me to get weight off.

3) Help me to keep weight off.
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take off, get off, keep off #2 (permalink) Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:46 am   take off, get off, keep off		  
Phoo wrote:
Are all of them the same in their meanings? No. 1 + 2 are similar, but 3 is different.

1) Help me to take weight off. I want to lose weight in the future and I want you to help me do that.

2) Help me to get weight off. I want to lose weight in the future and I want you to help me do that.

3) Help me to keep weight off. I have already lost weight and now I want you to help me make sure I do not gain the weight back.

Hi Phoo

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take off, get off, keep off #3 (permalink) Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:48 am   take off, get off, keep off		  
Thank you, Amy. I've got it.

You said 1 and 2 are similar, which means not exactly the same, doesn't it?
What is the difference b/w "take" and "get"?
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take off, get off, keep off #4 (permalink) Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:59 am   take off, get off, keep off		  
Hi Phoo,

You might like to have a look at some material I've written for the site on these verbs:

phrasal verb take1
phrasal verb take2
phrasal verb take3
phrasal verb get

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