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off-ramp
or Ǵڴ·
[ awf-ramp, of- ]
noun
- an exit lane for traffic from a turnpike or freeway to a street.
off-ramp
noun
- a short steep one-way road by which traffic can leave a motorway or highway
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Word History and Origins
Origin of off-ramp1
An Americanism dating back to 1950–55
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The effect, they say, is compulsory moral exposure with no off-ramp.
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Boasberg gave the government one last off-ramp: It could, he wrote, “purge” the contempt by “asserting custody” over these individuals and giving them a chance to contest their treatment.
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When reporters asked Trump if he was really considering shipping citizens to a foreign prison, Trump failed to take the off-ramp.
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"There's no off-ramp. Who determines how long the shutdown would last? Only those evil people," he said.
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It dodged a freeway project in the 1950s, moving its location to make way for an off-ramp.
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