get off

phrasal verb

27 meanings of get off

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leave vehiclephrasal verbtransitive or intransitive
To leave a bus, train or other vehicle, or to leave a road you are traveling on.
I get off the bus right in front of my school.
This is our stop, so let's get off here.
Similarleave, exit
Oppositeboard
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move from topphrasal verbtransitive or intransitive
To move so that you are no longer on top of something or someone.
My little brother sat on my back and would not get off.
The teacher asked us to get off the desks and sit in our chairs.
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stop touchingphrasal verbintransitive
To stop touching someone or something.
Get off! Stop pulling my hair!
She told her little sister to get off and leave her phone alone.
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end of dayphrasal verbtransitive or intransitive
To finish work or school and leave, at the usual time or because you are allowed to.
I get off work at five, so let's meet for dinner at six.
The kids got off early because of the snowstorm.
Similarleave, finish
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light punishmentphrasal verbintransitive
To avoid a big punishment or a bad injury, and get only a small one or none.
You only lost your phone for a week? You got off easy.
She fell off her bike but was lucky to get off with just a scraped knee.
Similarescape
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stop usingphrasal verbtransitive
To stop using a phone, computer or other machine.
Please get off the phone. Dinner is ready.
He finally got off the computer at midnight.
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phrasal verbtransitive
To take or move something off the top of something else.
Can you help me get these boxes off the bed?
She got the cat off the kitchen counter.
Similarremove
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holiday timephrasal verbtransitive
To have some days or time when you do not have to go to work.
Can you get Friday off so we can go to the lake?
She got three days off for her birthday trip.
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sexual thrillphrasal verbslangintransitive
To feel very strong pleasure or excitement, especially sexual pleasure.
Some people get off on driving really fast.
My cousin gets off on scary movies, and the scarier the better.
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sexual thrillphrasal verbslangtransitive
To make someone very excited, especially in a sexual way, until they reach the peak of pleasure.
The singer joked that big, loud crowds really get her off.
The magazine article was about what gets people off.
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light punishmentphrasal verbtransitive
To help someone get only a small punishment, or none at all.
His parents hired a lawyer to get him off.
A note from her doctor got her off with just a warning.
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send on wayphrasal verbtransitive
To help someone get ready and leave, for example to go to school.
Every morning, Dad gets us off to school by eight.
I have to get my little brother off to soccer practice first.
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remove handsphrasal verbtransitive
To make someone or something stop touching something else.
Get your sticky fingers off my new phone!
Mom got the bee off my arm with a piece of paper.
Similarremove
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send (letter)phrasal verbtransitive
To send something out, often a letter or email you have written.
I need to get this email off to my teacher tonight.
She got a card off to her grandma before her birthday.
Similarsend, dispatch
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dare (rudely)phrasal verbtransitive
To act in a rude or bossy way as if you have the right to, often asked about in angry questions.
Where do you get off reading my diary?
Just where does she get off telling us what to wear?
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receive fromphrasal verbtransitive
To receive something from another person.
Can I get a pencil off you? I forgot mine.
He got some free tickets off his boss.
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brush asidephrasal verbintransitive
Something you say when you are annoyed, or when you think what someone said is silly.
"You're the best singer in the school." "Oh, get off!" she said with a smile.
"Get off, I'll clean my room later!" he said when his mom asked again.
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high (drugs)phrasal verbslangintransitive
To become high after taking a drug.
He told the counselor he used to take pills just to get off.
The film shows how the young men got off on drugs and then lost everything.
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quit drugsphrasal verbslangtransitive
To stop taking a drug.
He went to a special clinic to get off drugs.
She got off sleeping pills with her doctor's help.
Similarquit
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20
fall asleepphrasal verbUKintransitive
To go to sleep.
After the thunder stopped, I managed to get off to sleep again.
She read in bed for half an hour and finally got off around midnight.
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21
fall asleepphrasal verbUKtransitive
To make someone go to sleep.
Mum sang softly to get my little sister off.
A long car ride always gets our baby off.
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22
kissphrasal verbslangUKintransitive
To kiss someone in a romantic way.
My friend is hoping to get off with that boy at the party.
She got off with her crush at the end-of-term disco.
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23
departphrasal verbdatedintransitive
To leave a place and start a trip.
If we get off before sunrise, we can reach Grandma's house by lunch.
"I think we should get off, Enid. It is nearly seven," said he.
1925, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, The Land of MistHere, get off means to leave and start on a trip.
Similardepart, leave
Oppositearrive
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24
say (a joke)phrasal verbdatedtransitive
To say something, often a joke or a funny line.
My uncle always tries to get off a joke at dinner.
When Quayle looked silly by saying he would be a "pit bull" in the 1992 campaign, David Letterman got off a line about it ("For Halloween, he's going to be a Ninja Turtle"), but the general reaction was curiously tame.
1991, NewsweekHere, got off means said, as in telling a joke or clever line.
Similarcrack
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achievephrasal verbdatedtransitive
To manage to do what you planned, and do it well.
The magician hoped to get off his new trick without a mistake.
"If they get off their stunt I don't suppose they care a tinker's curse what is truth or what is not."
1925, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, The Land of MistHere, get off means to pull off or succeed at what they planned.
Similarexecute
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solo (music)phrasal verbdatedUSintransitive
To play a solo in a piece of music, or to play music very well.
The guitar player stepped forward to get off in the middle of the song.
Everyone cheered when the drummer got off during his solo.
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27
phrasal verbdatedUS
To steal something.

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