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Meaning of get off in English

get off

phrasal verb with get verb uk /ɡet/ us /ɡet/ present participle getting | past tense got | past participle got or US usually gotten Add to word list Add to word list to leave a place, usually in order to start a journey: If we can get off by seven o'clock, the roads will be clearer. informal to leave work with permission, usually at the end of the day: How early can you get off this afternoon? Departing

• abandon
• abandon ship
• abandon/jump ship idiom
• abandonment
• absquatulate
• dead
• gone
• make tracks idiom
• move
• not see someone for dust idiom
• offski
• outgoing
• peel away/off phrasal verb
• pull something off phrasal verb
• sea
• spill out phrasal verb
• strike out (somewhere) phrasal verb
• take something off phrasal verb
• turf something out phrasal verb
• vacate

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Retiring & resigning

get off (something)

phrasal verb with get verb uk /ɡet/ us /ɡet/ present participle getting | past tense got | past participle got or US usually gotten A2 to leave a train, bus, or aircraft: Get off at Camden Town. I tripped as I got off the bus.

• Make sure you take your belongings when you get off.
• Give me a call when you get off the bus.
• I stumbled as I was getting off the bus.
• I got off at the wrong stop and had to wait for another bus.
• Her fans will be waiting for her when she gets off the plane.

Boarding and alighting from modes of transport

• aboard ship
• bestride
• board
• climb
• debark
• deplane
• disembark
• dismount
• embarkation
• entrain
• get on phrasal verb
• get out phrasal verb
• hop
• in
• mount
• reboard
• tap
• touch
• touch in phrasal verb
• touch out phrasal verb

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get something off

phrasal verb with get verb uk /ɡet/ us /ɡet/ present participle getting | past tense got | past participle got or US usually gotten to send a letter or parcel to someone: I got that letter off this morning. Delivering and despatching

• air bridge
• air corridor
• air-dash
• box scheme
• by hand
• carriage
• courier
• dispatch
• drop off phrasal verb
• freight
• mail
• misaddress
• misdirect
• misdirection
• misroute
• send something on phrasal verb
• send something out phrasal verb
• ship
• shipment
• shipper

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get (someone) off

phrasal verb with get verb uk /ɡet/ us /ɡet/ present participle getting | past tense got | past participle got or US usually gotten

(SLEEP)

UK to start sleeping, or to help a baby to start sleeping: It was so hot that I didn't get off till three o'clock.get off to sleep She was feeling tired, but she could not get off to sleep. I've been trying to get the baby off for an hour!get someone off to sleep She had just got the child off to sleep when the doorbell rang. Animal physiology: sleep & sleeping

• altered state of consciousness
• beauty
• bed
• bunk
• bye-byes
• catch/cop/get some z's idiom
• comatose
• count
• crash
• doss
• doze off phrasal verb
• drop off phrasal verb
• sleep
• sleepwalk
• sleepwalker
• sleepwalking
• snoozing
• somnambulant
• somnambulate
• your beauty sleep idiom

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(PLEASURE)

slang to have or give someone an orgasm: They got off at the same time.

get (someone) off (something)

phrasal verb with get verb uk /ɡet/ us /ɡet/ present participle getting | past tense got | past participle got or US usually gotten to avoid punishment, or to help another person to avoid punishment for something: She was charged with fraud, but her lawyer managed to get her off. "Was he found guilty?" "No, he got off."get off with She got off with (= her only punishment was) a small fine.  get off lightly (also informal get off easy) to experience less serious punishment, injury, or harm than you might have expected: I think I got off lightly with one or two cuts, considering how damaged the car was. See more Not punishing & reducing punishment

• absolve
• amnesty
• be off the hook idiom
• clear of something
• commutation
• discharge
• get off lightly phrase
• get off with someone phrasal verb
• give someone their liberty
• hook
• impunity
• let someone off phrasal verb
• lightly
• privilege
• remit
• reprieve
• royal pardon
• scot-free
• sovereign immunity
• spare

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get something off (something)

phrasal verb with get verb uk /ɡet/ us /ɡet/ present participle getting | past tense got | past participle got or US usually gotten informal to remove a part of your body from a particular place: Get your dirty feet off the couch! Get your hands off me! Taking things away from someone or somewhere

• appropriate
• bear away phrasal verb
• bloodsucker
• bloodsucking
• carry someone away phrasal verb
• debug
• divest
• divest someone of something phrasal verb
• drain
• drain (something) away phrasal verb
• drainage
• dredge
• relieve
• removal
• remove
• rob
• root something/someone out phrasal verb
• rout someone out phrasal verb
• shear
• sweep

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get (someone) off | American Dictionary

get (someone) off

phrasal verb with get verb us /ɡet/ present participle getting | past participle gotten us/ˈɡɑt·ən/ got us/ɡɑt/ Add to word list Add to word list to escape legal punishment, or to help someone escape legal punishment: She was charged with fraud, but her lawyer got her off. If you get off with a particular punishment, or if someone gets you off, it means that the punishment could have been much more severe: He got off with a suspended sentence of three years for practicing medicine without a license. (Definition of get off from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

get off | Business English

get off

phrasal verb with get verb uk /ɡet/ us -tt- | got | got | or US gotten Add to word list Add to word list [ I or T ] informal to leave work with permission, usually at the end of the day: If the factory workers have met their quotas for the week, they can get off early on Friday afternoon. (Definition of get off from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of get off

in Chinese (Traditional) （通常指為開始旅程而）離去，離開，出發, （通常指一天工作結束後）經許可離開工作，下班, 下（車、飛機等）… See more in Chinese (Simplified) （通常指为开始旅程而）离去，离开，出发, （通常指一天工作结束后）经许可离开工作，下班, 下（车、飞机等）… See more in Spanish salir, irse, salir de trabajar… See more in Portuguese sair, partir, sair do trabalho… See more in Turkish in French in Japanese in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian Uzak dur!', 'Dokunma!', 'Çek elini!'… See more descendre, partir, s’en aller… See more 降（お）りる, 仕事（しごと）を終（お）える, 許される… See more uitkrijgen, afdwalen van… See more sundat, odstranit, změnit… See more få af, fjerne, skifte… See more melepaskan, mengganti… See more ถอด, เอาออก, เปลี่ยน… See more cởi bỏ, ngừng thảo luận… See more Łapy przy sobie!, Odczep się!, zdjąć… See more ta (få) av, ta (få) bort, komma [bort] ifrån… See more menanggalkan, tukar… See more losmachen, -werden, abkommen… See more gå av, bli ferdig på jobb, slippe unna… See more знімати, зійти… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of get off

• get off with something
• get your hands off something/someone
• get off on something phrasal verb
• get off (sth) or get sb off (sth) phrasal verb
• get off with someone phrasal verb
• get off your duff phrase
• get off lightly phrase

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• get off on something phrasal verb
• get off (sth) or get sb off (sth) phrasal verb
• get off with someone phrasal verb

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• get off your duff phrase
• get off lightly phrase
• get/move off the dime idiom
• get off someone's back idiom
• get off someone's case idiom
• get off the mark idiom

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  • Phrasal verb 
    • get off
    • get off (something)
    • get something off
    • get (someone) off (SLEEP)
    • get (someone) off (PLEASURE)
    • get (someone) off (something)
    • get off lightly
    • get something off (something)
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