write someone/something off

write someone/something off
1 they have had to write off loans: FORGET ABOUT, disregard, give up on, cancel, annul, wipe out.
2 he wrote off his new car: WRECK, smash up, crash, destroy, demolish, ruin; N. Amer. informal total.
3 who would write off a player of his stature?: DISREGARD, dismiss, ignore.
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