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Definition of Get off
1. Verb. Leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc..
Specialized synonyms: Detrain, Deplane
Antonyms: Get On
2. Verb. Be relieved of one's duties temporarily.
3. Verb. Transfer. "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia"
4. Verb. 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. Verb. Escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action. "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"
Specialized synonyms: Evade
Generic synonyms: Avoid
Derivative terms: Escape
6. Verb. Enjoy in a sexual way. "He gets off on shoes"
7. Verb. Alight from (a horse).
Category relationships: Horseback Riding, Riding
Generic synonyms: Come Down, Descend, Fall, Go Down
Derivative terms: Dismount
8. Verb. Get out of quickly. "The officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked car"
9. Verb. Send via the postal service. "I'll mail you the check tomorrow"
Generic synonyms: Send, Send Out
Specialized synonyms: Pouch
Derivative terms: Mail, Mail, Mail, Mail, Mailer, Mailing, Mailing
10. Verb. Get high, stoned, or drugged. "He trips every weekend"
11. Verb. Deliver verbally. "He got off the best line I've heard in a long time"
Definition of Get off
1. Verb. (transitive) To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To move (something) from being on top of (something else) to not being on top of it. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive and intransitive) To disembark, especially from mass transportation, such as a bus or train. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive and intransitive) To stop (doing something), to desist from (doing something). ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To stop using a piece of equipment, such as a telephone or computer. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive and intransitive) To complete a shift or a day's work. ¹
7. Verb. (intransitive) To stop touching or interfering with something or someone. ¹
8. Verb. (transitive with object following ''“get”'' slang) To excite or arouse, especially in a sexual manner. ¹
9. Verb. (intransitive slang) To experience an orgasm or other sexual pleasure; to become sexually aroused. ¹
10. Verb. (intransitive) To incur (mild) consequences. ¹
11. Verb. (intransitive) To fall asleep. ¹
12. Verb. (transitive especially in an interrogative sentence) To behave in an presumptuous, rude, or intrusive manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Get Off
Literary usage of Get off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Around the world in eighty days by Jules Verne (1874)
"CHAPTER X. IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT IS ONLY TOO GLAD TO get off WITH THE LOSS OF
HIS SHOES. EVERYBODY knows that the great reversed triangle of land, ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"... has not been able to get off to-day. Ho expecte to start at ten AM to-morrow.
I will telegraph when he leaves. ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"The plaintiff testified:' "I thought it had stopped for me to get off. ...
And again: "They had been In the habit of stopping for people to get off right ..."
4. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
""I turned to look at him and he said, 'I get off at the next stop. Will you get
off with me and have a cup of coffee? I've been riding next to you on the ..."
5. Publications by Scotland Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Scotland) (1854)
"read by the 22d, when I expect to get off. You must be conscious that I have
spared you to the very last moment, and that my necessity is now extreme. ..."
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