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base off of en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (US, ditransitive, informal) To base on.
    • They wanted something like a '70s thriller, so I based it off of The Man with the Golden Gun poster. 2015, Eric Nolen-Weathington, Modern Masters Volume 30: Paolo Rivera, page 40:
    • A lot of artists put skits in their records, but they based it off of De La Soul. We didn't base ours off of De La Soul, we based ours off of ours, because we were the first group to actually split up a rap album and not go cut for cut. 2006, Chuck D, Yusuf Jah, Chuck D: Lyrics of a Rap Revolutionary, volume 1:

Forms

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based off of Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
based off of Tense=Past lexicographic
bases off of Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
basing off of Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic