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Get off

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it. intransitive, transitive

    "Get off your chair and help me."

  2. 2
    escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action wordnet
  3. 3
    To move (something) from being on top of (something else) to not being on top of it. transitive

    "Get your butt off your chair and help me."

  4. 4
    cause to be acquitted; get off the hook; in a legal case wordnet
  5. 5
    To stop touching or physically interfering with something or someone. intransitive

    "Don't tickle me – get off!"

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  1. 6
    deliver verbally wordnet
  2. 7
    To cause (something) to stop touching or interfering with (something else). transitive

    ""And I'm going! Period." Puckering her lips, she made an ear-splitting whistle, clapped her hands and shouted, "Pluto! Max treat!" […] Max felt something tug on his pant leg. It was Pluto. "Jane! Get your dog off me!""

  3. 8
    transfer wordnet
  4. 9
    To stop using a piece of equipment, such as a telephone or computer. transitive

    "Can you get off the phone, please? I need to use it urgently."

  5. 10
    get high, stoned, or drugged wordnet
  6. 11
    To disembark, especially from mass transportation such as a bus or train; to depart from (a path, highway, etc). intransitive, transitive

    "You get off the train at the third stop."

  7. 12
    send via the postal service wordnet
  8. 13
    To make or help someone be ready to leave a place (especially to go to another place). transitive

    ""I get up and get the kids off. I do everything normal mothers do. I just do it in less time.""

  9. 14
    get out of quickly wordnet
  10. 15
    To leave (somewhere) and start (a trip). dated, possibly

    ""I think we should get off, Enid. It is nearly seven," said he."

  11. 16
    alight from (a horse) wordnet
  12. 17
    To leave one's job, or leave school, as scheduled or with permission. intransitive, transitive

    "If I can get off early tomorrow, I'll give you a ride home."

  13. 18
    leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc. wordnet
  14. 19
    To reserve or have a period of time as a vacation from work. transitive

    "She managed to get a week off in March to go to Paris."

  15. 20
    enjoy in a sexual way wordnet
  16. 21
    To acquire (something) from (someone). transitive

    "Well I'll have to get a form off Rosemary Boyle to get money out your bank."

  17. 22
    be relieved of one's duties temporarily wordnet
  18. 23
    To escape serious or severe consequences; to receive only mild or no punishment (or injuries, etc) for something one has done or been accused of. intransitive

    "The vandal got off easy, with only a fine."

  19. 24
    To help someone to escape serious or severe consequences and receive only mild or no punishment. transitive

    "She could've faced jail time, but her talented lawyer got her off with only a fine."

  20. 25
    To (write and) send (something); to discharge. transitive

    "She intended to get a letter off to her sister first thing that morning."

  21. 26
    To utter. dated, transitive

    "to get off a joke"

  22. 27
    To make (someone) fall asleep. UK, transitive

    "He couldn't get the infant off until nearly two in the morning."

  23. 28
    To fall asleep. UK, intransitive

    "If I wake up during the night, I cannot get off again."

  24. 29
    To excite or arouse, especially in a sexual manner, as to cause to experience orgasm. slang, transitive

    "This woman hadn't had an orgasm in maybe 10 years. It took me three hours to get her off."

  25. 30
    To experience great pleasure, especially sexual pleasure; in particular, to experience an orgasm. intransitive, slang

    "It takes more than a picture in a girlie magazine for me to get off."

  26. 31
    To kiss; to smooch. UK, intransitive, slang

    "I'd like to get off with him after the party."

  27. 32
    To get high (on a drug). intransitive, slang

    "The beginner's dose may be anywhere from 100 to 250 mikes — micrograms, or millionths of a gram. Most hardened heads need 600 to 800 mikes, and some as many as 1,400 mikes, before they experience any sensation of getting off."

  28. 33
    To quit using a drug. slang, transitive

    "I need to get off the heroin."

  29. 34
    To find enjoyment (in behaving in a presumptuous, rude, or intrusive manner). especially, transitive

    "Where do you get off talking to me like that?"

  30. 35
    Indicates annoyance or dismissiveness. intransitive

    ""And you're the only person in the country who can do it." "Get off," she said skeptically."

  31. 36
    To achieve (a goal); to successfully perform. dated

    ""If they get off their stunt I don't suppose they care a tinker's curse what is truth or what is not.""

  32. 37
    To steal (something). US, dated, slang, transitive
  33. 38
    To perform a musical solo; to play music well. US, dated, intransitive, slang

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