Compound Forms/Forme composte levare | |
| Italiano | Inglese |
| in battere e levare | (figurative) | highs and lows idiom |
| (music) | on the downbeat and upbeat adv |
| levare di mezzo | to get rid of |
| (to get rid of) | to dump [sb] |
levare di torno, togliere di torno | to get rid of |
| to do away with [sth] |
| levare i calici | (to celebrate) | raise your glass |
| levare il capo | (arrogant attitude) | to look down on |
| (to show an arrogant attitude) | to be haughty, to be disdainful |
| Nota: Literally means to lift one's head as a sign of arrogance. |
| levare il disturbo | to leave |
| to get out of the way |
| levare il pane di bocca a | (to deprive [sb] of their survival means) | to take the bread out of someone's mouth |
| levare il saluto a | to stop talking to [sb], to quit speaking to [sb] |
| levare l'ancora | to set off on a cruise |
| to start a sea journey |
| levare la fame | to feed [sb] |
| to take care of [sb] |
levare la parola di bocca, togliere la parola di bocca | (to agree with [sb]) | to take the words out of sbd's mouth |
| levare la sete | to satisfy a need |
| to give [sb] [sth] to drink |
| levare le ancore | to leave |
| (to start a journey) | to set off |
| levare le parole di bocca a | steal the words from sbd's mouth |
| levare le tende | to leave |
| to go away |