get off
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To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
โGet off your chair and help me.โ
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To move (something) from being on top of (something else) to not being on top of it.
โCould you please get the book off the top shelf for me?โ
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To stop touching or physically interfering with something or someone.
โDon't tickle me โ get off!โ
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To cause (something) to stop touching or interfering with (something else).
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To stop using a piece of equipment, such as a telephone or computer.
โCan you get off the phone, please? I need to use it urgently.โ
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To disembark, especially from mass transportation such as a bus or train; to depart from (a path, highway, etc).
โLet's get off the interstate at exit 70. No, let's get off at the very next exit.โ
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To make or help someone be ready to leave a place (especially to go to another place).
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(possibly obsolete) To leave (somewhere) and start (a trip).
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To leave one's job as scheduled or with permission.
โIf I can get off early tomorrow, I'll give you a ride home.โ
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To reserve or have a period of time as a vacation from work.
โShe managed to get a week off in March to go to Paris.โ
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To acquire (something) from (someone).
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To escape serious or severe consequences; to receive only mild or no punishment (or injuries, etc) for something one has done or been accused of.
โThe vandal got off easy, with only a fine.โ
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To help someone to escape serious or severe consequences and receive only mild or no punishment.
โShe could've faced jail time, but her talented lawyer got her off with only a fine.โ
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To (write and) send (something); to discharge.
โShe intended to get a letter off to her sister first thing that morning.โ
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To utter.
โto get off a jokeโ
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To make (someone) fall asleep.
โHe couldn't get the infant off until nearly two in the morning.โ
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To fall asleep.
โIf I wake up during the night, I cannot get off again.โ
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To excite or arouse, especially in a sexual manner, as to cause to experience orgasm.
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To experience great pleasure, especially sexual pleasure; in particular, to experience an orgasm.
โIt takes more than a picture in a girlie magazine for me to get off.โ
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To kiss; to smooch.
โI'd like to get off with him after the party.โ
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To get high (on a drug).
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(especially in an interrogative sentence) To find enjoyment (in behaving in a presumptuous, rude, or intrusive manner).
โWhere do you get off talking to me like that?โ
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Indicates annoyance or dismissiveness.
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