get+off

  • 11get off — 1) PHRASAL VERB If someone who has broken a law or rule gets off, they are not punished, or are given only a very small punishment. [V P with n] He is likely to get off with a small fine. 2) PHRASAL VERB If you get off, you leave a place because… …

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  • 12get off — verb 1. leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc. (Freq. 3) • Ant: ↑get on • Hypernyms: ↑exit, ↑go out, ↑get out, ↑leave • Hyponyms: ↑ …

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  • 13get off — v. 1) (d; intr.) to get off to ( to begin with ) (to get off to a good start) 2) (D; intr.) ( to escape ) to get off with (he got off with a light sentence; to get off with a few scratches) * * * [ get ɒf] (D; intr.) ( to escape ) to get off with …

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  • 14get off — Ⅰ. UK US get off Phrasal Verb with get({{}}/get/ verb ( tt , got, got, or US gotten) ► [I or T] INFORMAL to leave work with permission, usually at the end of the day: »If the factory workers have met their …

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  • 15get\ off — v 1. To come down from or out of. The ladder fell, and Tom couldn t get off the roof. The bus stopped, the door opened, and Father got off. 2. To take off. Joe s mother told him to get his wet clothes off. 3. To get away; leave. Mr. Johnson goes… …

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  • 16get off — verb a) To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it. Get off your chair and help me. b) To move (something) from being on top of (something else) to not being on top of it. Get off your rear and help me. Syn …

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  • 17get off (on) — vb a. to achieve satisfaction, exhilaration or inspiration (from). This American expression of the early 1970s is an extension of an earlier purely sexual sense of the phrase in which get off means to achieve orgasm. This concept was modified by… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 18get off — verb Date: 1606 intransitive verb 1. to avoid the most serious consequences of a dangerous situation or punishment < got off with a light sentence > 2. start, leave < got off on the trip early > 3. to leave work with permission or as scheduled 4 …

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  • 19get off —  1. Escape; be released from; excuse from.  2. get off with Achieve favour with one of the opp. sex.  3. Excl. Stop teasing! Also get off it.  4. where one gets off Where one s true position is. To stop disagreeable behaviour.  ♠ I ll tell him&#8230; …

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  • 20get off on — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms get off on : present tense I/you/we/they get off on he/she/it gets off on present participle getting off on past tense got off on past participle got off on informal to enjoy and become very excited about&#8230; …

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