get off
verb
got off; got off or gotten off; getting off; gets off
1
: to avoid the most serious consequences of a dangerous situation or punishment
got off with a light sentence
3
: to leave work with permission or as scheduled
4
: to get high on a drug
5
: to experience orgasm
6
: to experience great pleasure
—often used with on
1
: to secure the release of or procure a modified penalty for
his lawyers got him off
2
a
: utter
get off a joke
b
: to write and send
3
: to succeed in doing, making, or delivering
4
: to cause to get off
Synonyms
- bail
- bail out
- begone
- book [slang]
- bug off
- bug out
- bugger off [British slang]
- buzz (off)
- clear off [chiefly British]
- clear out
- cut out
- depart
- dig out
- exit
- get
- go
- go off
- move
- pack (up or off)
- part
- peel off
- pike (out or off)
- pull out
- push off
- push on
- quit
- run along
- sally (forth)
- scarper [British]
- shove (off)
- step (along)
- take off
- vamoose
- walk out
Examples of get off in a Sentence
told him to get off for home before it got dark
breakfast helps you get off to a good start in the morning
Recent Examples on the Web
There may be hope of getting off this dead-end rock, however.
—
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2024
The next year, she was signed to Atlantic and released her second EP, Midnight Moonlight, in early 2017, right after getting off the road from Noname’s Telefone tour.
—Madelyn Dawson, SPIN, 14 Aug. 2024
The federal labor charge is just one of the things that came out of Musk and Trump’s two-hour interview on X, which got off to a rough start due to some technical issues.
—Emma Roth, The Verge, 13 Aug. 2024
Over in the National League, the Phillies got off to a sizzling 46-20 start by June 12 and were leading the NL East by 10 games and kept up their dominance until suddenly hitting the skids in July and looking very mortal.
—Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2024
The next year, she was signed to Atlantic and released her second EP, Midnight Moonlight, in early 2017, right after getting off the road from Noname’s Telefone tour.
—Madelyn Dawson, SPIN, 14 Aug. 2024
The federal labor charge is just one of the things that came out of Musk and Trump’s two-hour interview on X, which got off to a rough start due to some technical issues.
—Emma Roth, The Verge, 13 Aug. 2024
Over in the National League, the Phillies got off to a sizzling 46-20 start by June 12 and were leading the NL East by 10 games and kept up their dominance until suddenly hitting the skids in July and looking very mortal.
—Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
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“Get off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20off. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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