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get off
verb
- intr, adverb to escape the consequences of an action
he got off very lightly in the accident
- adverb to be or cause to be acquitted
a good lawyer got him off
- adverb to depart or cause to depart
to get the children off to school
- intr to descend (from a bus, train, etc); dismount
she got off at the terminus
- to move or cause to move to a distance (from)
get off the field
- tr, adverb to remove; take off
get your coat off
- adverb to go or send to sleep
- adverb to send (letters) or (of letters) to be sent
- slang.intr, adverb to become high on or as on heroin or some other drug
- get off with informal.to establish an amorous or sexual relationship with
- tell someone where to get off informal.to rebuke or criticize someone harshly
Example Sentences
Lue had implored his group to get off to a better start, to not have to play catchup in this road game, to not get “bored with the process.”
And then to start the fourth, all five got off the Lakers’ bench.
June 2021: Pham addressed the torrent of verbal abuse he experienced after getting off to a poor start with the San Diego Padres.
So we fly to New York, get off that plane, take another puddle-jumper to Albany to take my son Aaron back to boarding school in Lake Placid, which is another two- or three-hour drive.
It read something to the effect of, “Hey Ms. Lief, my house burned down, but should I be getting off book?”
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