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Get off has 12 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.

2

be relieved of one's duties temporarily

3

transfer

"The spy sent the classified information off to Russia"

4

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"

5

escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action

"She gets away with murder!"

"I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"

6

enjoy in a sexual way

"He gets off on shoes"

7

alight from (a horse)

8

get out of quickly

"The officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked car"

9

send via the postal service

"I'll mail you the check tomorrow"

10

get high, stoned, or drugged

"He trips every weekend"

11

deliver verbally

"He got off the best line I've heard in a long time"

12

To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.

Example Sentences
"The spy sent the classified information off to Russia" verb
"The lawyer got him off, even though there was no doubt in everybody's mind that he killed his wife" verb
"She gets away with murder!" verb
"I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities" verb
"He gets off on shoes" verb
"The officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked car" verb
"I'll mail you the check tomorrow" verb
"He trips every weekend" verb
"He got off the best line I've heard in a long time" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
board mount
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
exit transfer avoid love descend send express
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
detrain deplane evade pouch
Rhyming Words
off boff hoff doff coff loff moff koff toff goff geoff scoff swoff groff cloff droff gnoff feoff snoff nroff
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