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Verb: get off get óf- Leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
- Be relieved of one's duties temporarily
- (law) cause to be acquitted; get off the hook; in a legal case
- [informal] Escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
"She gets off with murder!"; - get away, get by, get out, escape - [informal] Enjoy in a sexual way
"He gets off on shoes" - (riding) alight from (a horse)
- unhorse, dismount, light, get down, demount - Get out of quickly
"The officer got off when he spotted an illegally parked car"; - hop out - [informal] Get high, stoned, or drugged
"He gets off every weekend"; - trip, trip out, turn on [informal] - Deliver verbally
"He got off the best line I've heard in a long time" - [Brit, informal] Have a sexual encounter with someone
"she got off with him at the party"; - hook up [informal], hook up with [informal], cop off [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: gets off, got off, getting off Type of: avoid, bask, come down, descend, enjoy, exit, express, fall, get out, give tongue to, go down, go out, leave, love, relish, savor [US], savour [Brit, Cdn], sink, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize Antonym: climb on, get on Encyclopedia: Get off |