operate off?
I was watching one video of TL;DR on youtube and I heard this.
"In North America, I think we operate off of that Principal of Less Interest"
What does "operate off" mean in the sentence?
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Thanx Megin!
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Nice question!
To "operate off of" basically means "to do/use/etc".
So in this sense, the person is saying that America uses the Principal of Less Interest. It also implies that it relies on this to survive.
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