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back off!

Turkish translation: bırak

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English term or phrase:back off!
Turkish translation:bırak
Entered by: Hellinas

16:47 Jul 25, 2014
English to Turkish translations [Non-PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / Idiom
English term or phrase: back off!
Here are some meanings of the word in English:-
English definition of “back off”
back off!
-stop being involved in a situation, usually in order to allow other people to deal with it themselves:
She started to criticize me, then she suddenly backed off.
Just back off and let us do this on our own, will you?
OR to move backwards away from someone, usually because you are frightened :
-I saw the knife and backed off.

This is the sentence I am interested in, when you tell a person to leave you alone & let you deal with something instead of interfering:-
"Just back off and let us do this on our own, will you?"
Hellinas
Local time: 12:52
bırak
Explanation:
"Bırak da bu işi biz halledelim olur mu?

"In your previous examples, "geri çekil" or "karışma" fits well.
However, in the final sentence for which you ask, translation is :


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Note added at 6 mins (2014-07-25 16:53:58 GMT)
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Bırak da bu işi kendimiz halledelim, olur mu?
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Zeki Güler
Local time: 12:52
Grading comment
Both Zeki's & YTEPE's answers fit the bill but Zeki has given me the second meaning as well. It is now very common to use the term in the latter sense, whereas the common phrase (still not outdated) used to be 'leave me be!/leave me alone/[informally] get off my back - kendi işine bak!'
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4 +1bırak
Zeki Güler
4geri çekil!
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
bırak


Explanation:
"Bırak da bu işi biz halledelim olur mu?

"In your previous examples, "geri çekil" or "karışma" fits well.
However, in the final sentence for which you ask, translation is :


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Note added at 6 mins (2014-07-25 16:53:58 GMT)
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Bırak da bu işi kendimiz halledelim, olur mu?


Zeki Güler
Local time: 12:52
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Both Zeki's & YTEPE's answers fit the bill but Zeki has given me the second meaning as well. It is now very common to use the term in the latter sense, whereas the common phrase (still not outdated) used to be 'leave me be!/leave me alone/[informally] get off my back - kendi işine bak!'

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agree  Uygar_
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
geri çekil!


Explanation:
geri cekil!

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Türkiye
Local time: 14:52
Native speaker of: Turkish
PRO pts in category: 4
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