Get Off

Definition: Get Off

Get Off

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.

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. Get off (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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Get Off

Departure

Verb: depart; go away; take one's departure, set out; set off, march off, put off, start off, be off, move off, get off, whip off, pack off, go off, take oneself off; start, issue, march out, debouch; go forth, sally forth; sally, set forward; be gone; hail from.

Escape

Verb: escape, scape; make one's escape, effect one's escape, make good one's escape; break jail; get off, get clear off, get well out of; echapper belle, save one's bacon, save one's skin; weather the storm; (safe); escape scot-free.

Crosswords: Get Off

Stifler get off! (American Pie 2; writing credit: Adam Herz; David H. Steinberg)

Gonna get it sorted out. Gonna get off it for good (Trainspotting; writing credit: Irvine Welsh; John Hodge)

They've committed a murder and it's not like taking a trolley ride together where they can get off at different stops (Double Indemnity; writing credit: James M. Cain; Billy Wilder)

The chances are you'll get off with life (The Maltese Falcon; writing credit: John Huston)

Either wayyou probably won't get off this island alive (Jurassic Park III; writing credit: Peter Buchman)

Take your lies get off my case (Loser; performing artist: 3 Doors Down)

I'm on a ride and I want to get off (The Reflex; performing artist: Duran Duran)

I can't get off of the floor (You Make Me Feel Like Dancing; performing artist: LEO SAYER)

Anyway it was 2 or 3, I had to get off the streets (You Make Me Sick; performing artist: Pink)

Get off, y'all, I'm here to give you whatcha got ("Rapper's Delight"; performing artist: Sugarhill Gang)

We could accomplish a lot more if we'd get rid of our ifs and ands and get off our butts. (references; author: unknown)

Get Off My Cloud (1969)

Stop the World: I Want to Get Off (1966)

Get Off My Foot (1935)

GET OFF (performing artist: FOXY)

Get Off of My Cloud (performing artist: The Rolling Stones)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Do It! Let's Get Off Our But's (The Life 101 Series) (reference)

• Get Off My Brain: A Survival Guide for Lazy Students (reference)

• Get Off the Unicorn (reference)

• Get Off Your Ass! (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Get Off (reference)

• Stop the World - I Want to Get Off (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Get Off (reference)

• Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire (reference)

• Stop the World - I Want to Get Off (Original Broadway Cast) [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Get off the track!" A song for emancipation, sung by The Hutchinsons, . . . Credit: Library of Congress.

Get off my feet! ... a fine lady you are. Credit: Library of Congress.

Get off my back. Credit: Library of Congress.

Texico, New Mexico. Conductor E.K. Hill about to get off the caboose as an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe train pulls into a siding. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I get off at Vernon to take the branch for Gaillon

We got to get off.

As they come under one horizon, they shout their warning to get off the track to the other, heard sometimes through the circles of two towns

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

These projects are expected to get off the ground as soon as the SAG implements the new mining code that is still being revised. (references)

Children

Ethiopia

There are several NGO's that work with child prostitutes, including the Forum on Street Children-Ethiopia, which provides shelter and protection for child prostitutes trying to get off the streets. (references)

Economic History

Pakistan

The Privatization Ministry's $4 billion two-year privatization plan has been slow to get off the ground, however. (references)

Albania

Corruption is widespread in both business and government circles and the government can tie projects up in red tape or withhold necessary licenses and support so that projects never get off the ground. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "get off": get off cheap ♦ get off light ♦ get off my back! ♦ get off on ♦ get off on the wrong foot ♦ get off one's back ♦ get off one's backside ♦ get off the bus ♦ get off the ground ♦ get off the hook ♦ get off the hooks ♦ get off the trail ♦ get off the train ♦ get off to a flying start ♦ get off to a good start ♦ get off to bed ♦ get off to sleep ♦ get off with ♦ get off with a fright ♦ get off with whole skin ♦ i must get off ♦ telling smb. where to get off ♦ To get off ♦ you must get off here. Additional references.

Afrikaans

afgaan (Afghan, descend, get, go down). (various references)

Albanian

zbres nga, nxjerr (belch, conclude, derive, discharge, discover, display, distil, distill, divulge, drag out, draw, educe, eject, elicit, emit, evolve, excrete, exhale, exhibit, exhume, expel, extract, extricate, extrude, feature, fish out, gain, generate, get out, give away, give off, hatch, heave, hustle, incubate, infer, issue, lay out, leak, let off, let out, liberate, lift out, make out, move out, obtrude, out, pan out, pop, puff, pull, pull out, raise, release, rip out, rout, run against, secrete, send, spit, stick, stick out, take out, tear off, turf out, turn away, uncase, unearth, utter, vomit, whiffle), ndihmoj të ikë, ndahem me pak, mbaj (attach, Bate, bear, breed, carry, deduct, enshrine, force upon, give, have, have smth. on, hold, keep, keep on, maintain, man, perform, pitch, preserve, refrain, respect, retain, save, support, sustain, wear, withhold), largohu, lëshoj (cede, concede, dart, depasture, discharge, ease, effuse, emit, exhale, fetch, fire, flop, give, give off, give out, give rise to, heave, heave a sigh, issue, let, let fall, let go, let loose, let off, pay, project, radiate, relieve, send, set on, shed, shoot, sluice, throw down, touch off, trip, unbrace, unbridle, uncork, uncouple, unleash, unmuzzle, unrein, untuck, utter), heq (abate, abolish, avert, bereave, blow, call off, cast, clear away, clear out, cross, cut off, cut out, deduct, delete, derogate, detach, detrude, dislodge, dismiss, dismount, divest, do away with, doff, drag, draw, drop, eject, eliminate, erase, exhaust, expel, exscind, extract, gather in, generate, jump, keep off, kill, lift, lift off, move off, off with, omit, oust, peel back, pick off, pull at, pull off, pull out, put aside, put off, relegate, remove, save, scour, scratch, scratch off, scratch out, shake out, shed, skim, skip, soothe, spay, strike off, strip, subtract, swing, take away, take off, take out, tear away, throw out, turn away, undergo, unhang, unhook, unpin, unstring). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فر (abscond, bolt, break away, decamp, elope, escape, flee, flight, fly, get away, get free, run away, run off, slope, take flight, take to one's heels), ‏نزل من الباص, ‏نزل (bring down, camp, cantonal, climb down, come down, decline, depress, descend, drop, get down, glide, go down, hostel, inn, lodge, lodging house, low, lower, miscreant, move, nest, pull down, put down, rascal, reach down, road house, scab, scroll, send, shade, sink, slip down, step down, take down, tavern), ‏ترجل من, ‏ترجل (alight, dismount, drop, light), ‏طرد (banish, banishment, bounce, bouncer, cashier, cast out, chuck, deport, deportation, disgrace, dislodge, dismiss, dismissal, dispossess, dispossession, disqualification, drive out, drum, eject, ejection, eliminate, elimination, evaporate, evict, eviction, expel, expulsion, fence, fight down, hunt, in order of the boot, oust, ouster, pitch, poke, put out, removal, remove, repel, rout, sack, scat, send, send packing, sending away, shake, shrift, sling out, spurn, throw out, toss, toss out, turf, turf out, turn away, turn off, turn out), ‏أقلع عن (abandon, desist, leave off). (various references)

Bulgarian 

свалям (bring down, cast off, doff, douse, down, drop, drop off, get down, land, lay, let off, overthrow, prang, prostrate, pull down, pull off, put down, put off, reach down, remove, ring down, rip down, rush, set down, shuck off, shuffle off, stretch, take down, take off, tear away, tear down, tear off, throw off, turn down, unbelt, uncap, unhorse, unship, vail), слизам (climb down, come down, detrain, dismount, drop, get down, get out of, go down, land, pop down, step down, step out), тръгвам (depart, drive off, get along, get going, leave, pull away, pull off, put, put forth, sally, set forth, set off, set on, set out, shove off, start, wend, wend one's way), започвам флирт, запознавам се случайно (pick up), изчиствам (clean out, cleanse, clear out, take out), избягвам (abscond, break loose, break out, circumnavigate, dodge, elope, elude, escape, evade, gallop away, get away, get out, go off, make a break for it, mizzle, obviate, prevent, run, run away, run off, scarper, scuttle away, shrink away, shun, skirt around, skitter, take flight), изпращам (consign, delegate, deliver, dismiss, dispatch, pack off, relegate, see, see off, send, send off, send on, send out, ship, wing). (various references)

Chinese 

下班 (to come or go or get off work). (various references)

Czech

vystoupit (alight, disembark, get down, get out, get out of, get out(of), remount, secede, stand up, step off), vyrazit (batter, break down, imprint, set off, set out, smash down, smash in, spurt, stamp out, start, storm), uniknout (abscond, break, break away, elude, evade, get away), svléci (dishabille, disrobe, put off, Slough, strip, take off, unclothe, undress), startovat (take off), odložit (abort, adjourn, cast aside, cast off, defer, delay, discard, doff, hang out, hold over, lay aside, lay by, Park, postpone, put aside, put away, put off, recess, reprieve, stay, suspend, take off, throw away). (various references)

Dutch

zinken (degenerate, descend, dive, go down, sink), naar beneden gaan (descend, go down), afdalen (descend, go down). (various references)

Esperanto

malsupreniri (descend, go down). (various references)

Finnish

selvitä (become clear, brighten, clear up, escape, recover, sober up), poistua (go away, leave, withdraw). (various references)

French

descendre (get down, get out, get out of a car). (various references)

Frisian

delgean (descend, go down), ôfstappe (descend, go down), ôfrinne (descend, go down). (various references)

German

aussteigen (alight, bail out, bale out, cop out, cry off, disembark, drop out, exit, get out, get out of a car, give up, jump off, jump out, opt out, pull out, retire, to disembark, to exit, to get off, to get out, to step off). (various references)

Greek 

κατεβαίνω (alight, climb down, come down, come off, descend, dismount, get down, go down, step down). (various references)

Hungarian

levesz (photograph, pull off, take off, to get down, to unbuckle, to uncloak, to unmask, to unsling, unslung), leszáll (alight, come off smth., descend, dismount, down, fly down, land, sank, sunk, to alight, to be down, to dip, to dive, to get down, to get off sy, to light down, to light off, to put down, to sink, to take its perch, to touch down, touch down), leemel (get down, pull off, to get down, to get off), kiszáll (alight, land, to disembark, to get off, to get out, to land, to rive). (various references)

Italian

scendere (alight, come down, decrease, descend, dip, dismount, drop, fall, get, get down, get out, go, go down, hang down, lower oneself, sink, slope, step down, to go down). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

降りる (to alight, to descend, to get off). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

す�"しのそ�"ですむ (to get off with a little loss), おりる (to alight, to descend, to get off), のりすてる (to abandon, to get off). (various references)

Manx

irree (accrue, ascent; passion, climb, emotion, get up, heave, levee, lift, lilt, rise, stand up, step up, swarm, take off, take off as plane, tip, turn out). (various references)

Papiamen

bai abou (descend, go down), baha (descend, go down). (various references)

Pig Latin

etgay offay.(various references)

Polish

zejść (descend, go down). (various references)

Portuguese

descer (come down, descend, down, drop, fall, get down, go down, go over, lower, prolapse, sink, step down). (various references)

Romanian

se libera de, pleca (absent onself, depart, get away, go, go away, leave, make away with, pack off, pack up and be off, put off, sail, set out, shuffle off, start, take one's departure, take oneself off, withdraw), coborî (abate, alight, bring low, climb down, come down, couch, cut, debase, decline, depreciate, descend, detrain, dip, dismount, down, drop, duck, fall, go down, lower, move down, reduce, suppress). (various references)

Russian 

сходить , сойти (come off, go down, leave), снять (dismount, doff, film, pull off, remove, rent, shoot, take off, uncover, unhang), снимать (demount, dismast, dismount, doff, film, pull off, remove, rent, shoot, skimming, take off, uncover, unhang, unhung, vail), слезать (climb down, come off smth., get down), спуститься (descend, go down, go downstairs, step down), спускаться (alight, come down, descend, get down, go down), вылезать, отделываться (dismiss, dispose of, get rid, put off). (various references)

Scottish

tearnaich (descend, go down). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sići (alight, climb down, come down, descend, get down, get out, go down, light, step down), proći (come through, get by, go, go by, go past, go through, log, pass, pass by, pass through, run), poslati (consign, consign to, dispatch, forward, relay, remit, send, set forth, ship), krenuti (head, move, road up, set off, set out, start, start off). (various references)

Spanish

bajar (abase, abate, bow, bring down, climb down, come down, cut, decline, decrease, deign, demean, demote, depreciate, descend, detrain, discount, dismount, download, drop, drop off, duck, ebb, fall, fall away, fall back, fall off, get down, get out, go below, go belowdecks, go down, hand down, hang, hop off, let down, lift down, lower, pull down, put down, rebate, recede, reduce, ring down, sag, set out, sink, step down, stoop, subside, take down, trail, turn down, walk down, walk off, wind down), descender (accrue, come, derive, descend, fall, fall away, go down, like, originate, ramp, result, sink). (various references)

Sranan

saka (bag, descend, go down, sack). (various references)

Swedish

stiga av (alight, dismount, light), släpp (let, pack), komma undan (come unstuck, escape, get away), klara sig undan (escape), få upp (bring up, get open, get out, lend, lift, raise, undo), få i väg, få av. (various references)

Turkish

inmek (alight, climb down, come down, decrease, descend, dismount, ease off, fall, fall away, go down, light, sink, step down, step off, step out, subside into, take off), ayrılmak (apostatize, be off, be through with, break away, break up, break with, check out, come unstuck, cut loose, decamp, defect, depart, desert, deviate, disunite, divaricate, diverge, divide, divorce, divorce from, draw apart, draw away, drop out, fork, furcate, get clear of, give up, graduate, hive off, lead away from, leave, mosey, move off, part, part company, part company with, part from, part with, pull away, pull out, quit, retire, revolt, revolt from, secede, segregate, separate, sever, splinter off, split, split off, split up, stray, sunder, take one's farewell of, tear oneself away, unstuck, vacate, walk off, walk out, walk out of, withdraw), alçalmak (abase oneself, bastardize, derogate, descend, dip, drop, ebb, go down, set, sink, stoop, subside), çıkmak (ascend, break out, break through, climb, come about, come off, come on, come out, come to a head, come up, crop out, date, date up, detach, drop out, emanate, emerge, erupt, escalate, eventuate, exit, extricate oneself, extrude, flirt, go for, go forth, go off, go out, go together, go with, grow out of, grow up, hatch, have it's source in, issue, jut, jut out, keep company with, knock about, knock around, launch, launch out, move out, occur, originate, peep, peep out, photograph, point, present oneself, prove, puff out, puff up, pull out, pullulate, quit, rise, rub off, rub out, sally forth, sally out, secede, separate, shoot out, spoon, spring, stem, step out, step up, stick, stick out, take it's source from, take out, take to, walk out, walk out of, walk out with, well forth, work out). (various references)

Ukrainian

сходити (alight, arise, ascend, descend, dismount, get up, rise, slough off, swarm up, uprise, walk down), відбувати, знімати (bare, depose, dismantle, dismount, doff, draw off, skim, take down, take off, uncover), злазити, проводжати (see off, ush, usher). (various references)

Yucatec

eemel (descend, go down). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"Get Off" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ger off. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: teff, toff.

-3 letters: eff, eft, ego, fet, foe, fog, get, got, off, oft, teg, toe, tog.

-4 letters: ef, et, go, oe, of, to.

+2 letters: offstage.

+3 letters: forgetful, offstages.

+4 letters: forfeiting, offsetting.

+5 letters: afforesting, forgetfully.