Learn English – “take off with the clothes” or “take off the clothes”

prepositions

It's from Friends(S02E13)

She took off with my clothes

Why did it add with in it? It's very odd to me. How about "She took off my clothes?"

Best Answer

There is a huge difference :)

She took off my clothes.

Means that she undressed me.

She took off with my clothes.

Means that she took off (left the premises) with my clothes (taking my clothes with her).

So though in both cases you might end up without clothes on, in the first case she's there with you (and it might imply interesting consequences), in the second case, you are undressed, and you have no clothes to put on. She is also no longer present.

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