Can
Can verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.
Write off
Write off verb - To express scornfully one's low opinion of.
Both terms in one sentence
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Nakia is outraged that someone can just write off a whole generation like this, and Kamala points out that it's dangerous too as every generation has to solve the problems the previous one created.
Source: Comicbook / Ms. Marvel (2014) -
Never Found the Body: Kremlin repeatedly insists that they can't write off Pherson as dead, even though he was last seen in an exploding building.
Source: Comic Book / Ex Machina - And there are way less of you than anyone else, which means you can pretty much write off support unless what you're doing is incredibly important.
Source: Crapsack World / Tabletop Games
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