# get off

Pronunciation: US say "get AWF" /ˌɡɛt ˈɔf/; UK/AUS say "get OFF" /ˌɡɛt ˈɒf/

## Phrasal verb

1. To leave a vehicle, especially a bus, train or other public transportation, or to leave a road, highway or path one has been following.
   - Simple: To leave a bus, train or other vehicle, or to leave a road you are traveling on.
   - _We need to get off the highway at the next exit and find some gas._
   - _When the train pulls into Union Station, most of the passengers get off._
2. To move so that one is no longer on top of something or someone.
   - Simple: To move so that you are no longer on top of something or someone.
   - _Kids, get off the table before it breaks!_
   - _The dog was sprawled across my legs and refused to get off._
3. To stop touching someone or something, or to stop interfering with it physically.
   - Simple: To stop touching someone or something.
   - _"Get off! That hurts!" she shouted when her brother grabbed her arm._
   - _The older boys kept shoving him in line until a teacher told them to get off._
4. To leave work or school when one's hours are over or when one has been given permission to go.
   - Simple: To finish work or school and leave, at the usual time or because you are allowed to.
   - _What time do you get off work on Fridays?_
   - _Nurses on the night shift get off at seven in the morning._
5. To escape serious consequences, receiving only a light punishment, minor injuries or nothing at all for something one did or was accused of.
   - Simple: To avoid a big punishment or a bad injury, and get only a small one or none.
   - _With a clean record, he got off with a warning and a small fine._
   - _Considering how badly the car was crushed, the driver was lucky to get off with a few bruises._
6. To stop using a telephone, computer, or similar piece of equipment, as when ending a call.
   - Simple: To stop using a phone, computer or other machine.
   - _I'll call you back as soon as I get off the phone with the bank._
   - _Mom told the kids to get off the computer and start their homework._
7. To move something so that it is no longer on top of something else.
   - Simple: To take or move something off the top of something else.
   - _Get your feet off the coffee table, please._
   - _It took three of us to get the fallen branch off the roof of the car._
8. To reserve, or to have, a period of time away from work as a vacation.
   - Simple: To have some days or time when you do not have to go to work.
   - _I'm hoping to get two weeks off in August to visit my parents._
   - _He got the whole week off for his sister's wedding._
9. To feel intense pleasure or excitement, especially sexual pleasure, and in particular to have an orgasm. *(slang)*
   - Simple: To feel very strong pleasure or excitement, especially sexual pleasure.
   - _Some people seem to get off on frightening their friends with ghost stories._
   - _Too much pressure in the bedroom can make it harder for some people to get off._
10. To excite or arouse someone, especially sexually, so as to bring them to orgasm. *(slang)*
   - Simple: To make someone very excited, especially in a sexual way, until they reach the peak of pleasure.
   - _In the interview, the drummer admitted that nothing gets him off like a sold-out arena._
   - _The advice column urged readers to tell their partners what it takes to get them off._
11. To help someone escape serious consequences, so that they receive only a mild punishment or none.
   - Simple: To help someone get only a small punishment, or none at all.
   - _Her attorney managed to get her off with community service._
   - _Everyone expected a prison sentence, but a clever defense got him off completely._
12. To make or help someone ready to leave a place, especially to set out for somewhere else.
   - Simple: To help someone get ready and leave, for example to go to school.
   - _Once I get the kids off to school, I finally have time for coffee._
   - _We got Grandma off to the airport with an hour to spare._
13. To take or pull something away so that it is no longer touching or interfering with something else.
   - Simple: To make someone or something stop touching something else.
   - _Get your hands off my bike!_
   - _After the hike we used salt to get the leeches off our ankles._
14. To send something out, often after writing it, such as a letter or message; to discharge it.
   - Simple: To send something out, often a letter or email you have written.
   - _I want to get this report off to the client before lunch._
   - _The guard got off a quick shot just before the buzzer sounded._
15. To presume to behave in a rude, intrusive or overbearing way, as if one had the right to; used especially in indignant questions.
   - Simple: 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 telling me how to raise my kids?_
   - _He has worked here for two weeks, so where does he get off criticizing everyone else's reports?_
16. To obtain or receive something from another person.
   - Simple: To receive something from another person.
   - _I'll get the spare key off my neighbor before she leaves for the weekend._
   - _She got the recipe off her grandmother years ago and has never changed it._
17. Used as a retort to show annoyance, or to brush aside what someone has said as not worth taking seriously.
   - Simple: Something you say when you are annoyed, or when you think what someone said is silly.
   - _"You could win the whole contest." "Oh, get off," she laughed, waving the idea away._
   - _"Get off! I said I'd do the dishes later," she snapped when he brought it up again._
18. To become high on a drug, starting to feel its effects. *(slang)*
   - Simple: To become high after taking a drug.
   - _In recovery, she admitted she had stopped using to get off and started using just to feel normal._
   - _In group therapy, he described the first time he got off on heroin as the start of ten lost years._
19. To quit using a drug that one has been taking. *(slang)*
   - Simple: To stop taking a drug.
   - _It took him two years and three treatment programs to get off heroin._
   - _Her doctor is helping her get off the painkillers slowly._
20. To fall asleep. *(UK)*
   - Simple: To go to sleep.
   - _The baby's crying woke me at three, and I couldn't get off again till nearly five._
   - _He was so tired after the match that he got off the moment his head touched the pillow._
21. To make someone fall asleep. *(UK)*
   - Simple: To make someone go to sleep.
   - _It took us an hour of rocking to get the baby off last night._
   - _A warm bath and a story usually get the twins off within minutes._
22. To kiss someone romantically; to smooch. *(slang, UK)*
   - Simple: To kiss someone in a romantic way.
   - _Did you see Tom get off with Hannah at Friday's party?_
   - _They got off with each other at the school disco and have been inseparable since._

## Phrasal verb

23. To leave a place and set out on a journey. *(dated)*
   - Simple: To leave a place and start a trip.
   - _Pack the car tonight so we can get off first thing in the morning._
   - _The rain cleared overnight, and the climbers got off just after dawn._
24. To utter something, typically a joke or a clever line. *(dated)*
   - Simple: To say something, often a joke or a funny line.
   - _Even in the hospital, Grandpa managed to get off a joke about the food._
   - _The host got off a quick line about the weather before bringing out the band._
25. To achieve something one set out to do, or to perform it successfully. *(dated)*
   - Simple: To manage to do what you planned, and do it well.
   - _Nobody thought the underdogs could get off such a daring trick play, but it worked._
   - _The two riders got off their stunt perfectly, and the crowd roared._
26. In music, to take a solo, or more generally to play really well. *(dated, US)*
   - Simple: To play a solo in a piece of music, or to play music very well.
   - _When her turn came, the trumpeter stood up and got off for sixteen bars._
   - _That drummer can really get off when the band lets him take a solo._

## Other meanings

- (phrasal verb) To take something that belongs to someone else without permission; to steal it.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/get-off (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).