Definition of Get off

1. Verb. Leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc..

Generic synonyms: Exit, Get Out, Go Out, Leave
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"
Exact synonyms: Send, Send Off
Generic synonyms: Transfer
Derivative terms: Sending, Send-off

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"
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law

5. Verb. Escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action. "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"
Exact synonyms: Escape, Get Away, Get By, Get Out
Specialized synonyms: Evade
Generic synonyms: Avoid
Derivative terms: Escape

6. Verb. Enjoy in a sexual way. "He gets off on shoes"
Generic synonyms: Enjoy, Love

7. Verb. Alight from (a horse).
Exact synonyms: Dismount, Get Down, Light, Unhorse
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"
Exact synonyms: Hop Out
Generic synonyms: Exit, Get Out, Go Out, Leave
Antonyms: Hop On

9. Verb. Send via the postal service. "I'll mail you the check tomorrow"
Exact synonyms: Mail
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"
Exact synonyms: Trip, Trip Out, Turn On
Derivative terms: Trip

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

get into the act
get into trouble
get it
get it over with
get it up
get knotted
get life
get lost
get married
get moving
get off lightly
get off of one's cloud
get off on
get off on the wrong foot
get off one's chest
get off one's high horse
get off someone's back
get off the ground
get off with
get on
get on like a house on fire
get on somebody's case
get on someone's last nerve

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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