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get off in WordNet English dictionary
verb- alight from (a horse)
unhorse dismount light get off get down
- escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
"She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"
get off get away get by get out escape
- cause to be acquitted; get off the hook; in a legal case
"The lawyer got him off, even though there was no doubt in everybody's mind that he killed his wife"
get off
- deliver verbally
"He got off the best line I've heard in a long time"
get off
- transfer
"The spy sent the classified information off to Russia"
send get off send off
- get high, stoned, or drugged
"He trips every weekend"
trip trip out turn on get off
- send via the postal service
"I'll mail you the check tomorrow"
mail get off
- get out of quickly
"The officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked car"
hop out get off
- leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
get off
- enjoy in a sexual way
"He gets off on shoes"
get off
- be relieved of one's duties temporarily
get off
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University
get off in English Wiktionary
- (verb) To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
- (verb) To move (something) from being on top of(something else) to not being on top of it.
- (verb) To disembark from mass transportation, such as a bus or train.
- (verb) (idiom) To stop (doing something), to desist from (doing something).
- (verb) To stop using a piece of equipment.
- (verb) To move from being on (something) to not being on it.
- (verb) To complete a shift or a day's work.
- (verb) To stop touching or interfering with something or someone.
- (verb) (slang) To have sex.
- (verb) (idiom/slang) "(by extension)" to become sexually aroused
- (verb) (idiom) to incur (mild) consequences
- (verb) To fall asleep
- (verb) "((In an interrogative sentence))" To observe a boundary in some (usually disapproved of) behaviour.
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