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Quote by Samuel Foote
Now I shall take off old Faulkner to the life.
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The speaker says they are about to imitate Faulkner convincingly. “Take off” means perform or copy someone, while “to the life” means in a lifelike, convincing way. “Old” gives the reference a familiar, informal tone.
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- Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, “Foote, Samuel”
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