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What does "write" mean?

See in a sentence

In addition to the idioms beginning with write, also see nothing to write home about. Also see under wrote.

See write in WNW Idioms

write down

to put into written form; write a record of
to disparage or depreciate in writing
to write in a pointedly simple style, as for readers considered to be less cultivated than the writer
to reduce the book value of (an asset)

write in

â to vote for (someone not officially on a ballot) by inserting that person's name on the ballot

write off

to cancel or remove from accounts (bad debts, claims, etc.)
to drop from consideration
amortize (sense )

write out

to put into writing
to write in full
to exhaust (oneself) of ideas by writing prolifically

write up

to write a record or account of
to complete in writing
to praise in writing
Accounting to increase the book value of (an asset)

See write in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Idioms

write (one's) own ticket

To set one's own terms or course of action entirely according to one's own needs or wishes: an open-ended and generous scholarship that lets recipients write their own ticket.

writ large

Signified, expressed, or embodied in a greater or more prominent magnitude or degree: “The man was no more than the boy writ large” (George Eliot).

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