bundle off: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    United KingdomUnited Statesinformalcolloquial
    • To take or send someone away quickly or hurriedly, often by escorting, carrying, or removing them from a place.
    • To remove someone from a situation or location abruptly.

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    • The nurse bundled off the restless child to the playroom so the doctor could focus on the patient.

      La enfermera llevó rápidamente al niño inquieto a la sala de juegos para que el doctor pudiera concentrarse en el paciente.

    • After the argument, she bundled him off to his room to cool down before dinner.

      Después de la discusión, ella lo mandó rápidamente a su habitación para que se calmara antes de la cena.

    • The teacher bundled off the late student to the principal's office for a talk about punctuality.

      La maestra llevó apresuradamente al estudiante tardío a la oficina del director para hablar sobre la puntualidad.

  • 2.

    United StatesNorth Americainformalslangcolloquial
    • To make a large profit from something; to derive substantial financial gain from a transaction, arrangement, or event.

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    • After selling his startup, Tom really managed to bundle off a huge profit that set him up for life.

      Después de vender su startup, Tom realmente logró obtener una gran ganancia que le aseguró la vida.

    • Do you think they will bundle off well from this new contract with the government?

      ¿Crees que obtendrán una gran ganancia con este nuevo contrato con el gobierno?

    • The investors bundled off handsomely when the company went public last year.

      Los inversores obtuvieron grandes ganancias cuando la empresa salió a bolsa el año pasado.

  • 3.

    International Englishneutralliteral
    • To remove a covering, tie, or binding from a bundle; to detach or separate part of a wrapped or bound mass.

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    • Can you help me bundle off the old blankets from the storage before we repaint the room?

      ¿Puedes ayudarme a desatar las mantas viejas del almacén antes de que pintemos la habitación?

    • She carefully bundled off the tied-up packages to sort the contents inside.

      Ella cuidadosamente desató los paquetes atados para ordenar el contenido adentro.

    • They had to bundle off the cords binding the boxes before shipping them out.

      Tuvieron que desatar las cuerdas que amarraban las cajas antes de enviarlas.

Examples:

  • EN: Well, now, how's the little girl I'm liable to bundle off to St. Joe before she even thinks of it?
    ES: Bueno, vaya, ¿cómo anda la niñita que tal vez envíe a St. Joe antes de que se dé cuenta?
  • EN: To skim a bundle off the contracts.
    ES: Falsear un puñado de contratos.
  • EN: A defense attorney could've made a bundle off her if the girl would have testified.
    ES: El abogado defensor podría hacer una oferta, si la chica testificara.
  • EN: If we'd been playing for real, we would've made a bundle off your picks.
    ES: Si hubiera sido real habríamos hecho un dineral con tus decisiones.
  • EN: April sure made a bundle off of that rape.
    ES: April ganó mucho dinero con la violación.
  • EN: If you want to live, you must go to the cemetery, exhume the corpse and take the bundle off his right hand.
    ES: Y si se quiere salvar tiene que ir al cementerio a desenterrar al muerto y quitarle el atajo que tiene en la mano derecha.
  • EN: You're a lying cocksucker. He knows you are making a bundle off the waterfront.
    ES: Que eres un cabrón mentiroso, y que sabe que le estás sacando un dineral a los muelles.
  • EN: Made a bundle off the lawsuit.
    ES: Ganó mucho dinero al demandarlos.
  • EN: I sense we're not the first she's taken a bundle off of.
    ES: Presiento que no somos los primeros a los que les ha ganado un pico.
  • EN: The day you realized that Aaron was gonna make a bundle off your work and pay you peanuts.
    ES: El día que se dio cuenta que Aaron iba a ganar un dineral con su trabajo y pagarle unas migajas.
  • EN: So then we just need to figure out who made a bundle off Beth's win.
    ES: Entonces, lo que necesitamos... averiguar es quien hizo mucho dinero con Beth.
  • EN: The oldest son tried hard to break the bundle off.
    HI: बड़े बालक ने अपने गधे को मुश्किल से पाला ।
  • EN: (Fin) April sure made a bundle off of that rape.
    ID: (Fin) April yakin membuat bungkusan dari pemerkosaan itu.
  • EN: Or, "Oh, you want to make a bundle off your vacant lot?
    TE: " అని చెప్పడం, "మీ పోడ్కాస్ట్ను సవరించడానికి మీరు నన్ను ఉచితంగా ఉపయోగించడానికి ప్రయత్నిస్తున్నారా?

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