The phrase "appropriations off" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to the act of removing or ceasing appropriations, but without additional context, it is unclear when to use it.
Example: "The committee decided to put appropriations off until the next meeting."
Alternatives: "suspend appropriations" or "halt appropriations".
Instead, there's a sloppy profusion of 152 different appropriations — off-the-shelf ideas that mostly create costlier versions of the status quo.
With his wildly oversexed songs, ostentatious stylistic appropriations, brazen off-key singing and fondness for melodrama, Gainsbourg's music seems to teeter permanently on the edge of kitsch.
News of the appropriation set off celebrations among Fairbanks residents who hoped its construction would prove a boon for the local economy.
Under the plan, which would pay for court-ordered schools in poor urban districts and help with costs in wealthier areas, the Legislature would make annual appropriations to pay off bonds issued by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority.
Why not add something to the discourse?" Some might find Olbermann's frequent invocation of Murrow, and, especially, his appropriation of Murrow's sign-off, wildly presumptuous.
Congress can cut off appropriations if it wants to support Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and undermine NATO, but the act cannot compel the president to seek Congressional approval.
Indeed, the only way Congress can terminate a war in such a situation is by rescinding the authority altogether or cutting off appropriations — two possibilities that are fantastical in today's political environment.
"[F]irst of all, they can't, unless they just shut off appropriations -- they'll have to pick a fight," said the former president in response to a question by the Huffington Post.
Faced with the impasse, some senators have raised the possibility of using a one-time state budget appropriation to put off or lessen the proposed 23percentt fare increase and service cuts.
Patiently respond that, for Ms. Cyrus, twerking is a brazenly cynical act of cultural appropriation being passed off as a rebellious reclamation of her sexuality after a childhood in the Disneyfied spotlight, but, in the end, who are we really to judge?
When his appropriation was cut off in 1892, Powell sent a terse telegram to Marsh demanding his resignation, a personal slight as well as a financial one.
