Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
"And you're the only person in the country who can do it." "Get off," she said skeptically.2001, Ken Follett, Jackdaws, Dutton, →ISBN, page 140:
Get off your chair and help me.
Get off! You're crushing me!
Could you please get the book off the top shelf for me?
Get your butt off your chair and help me.
Get off! You're crushing me!
You need to get off your sister if you want dessert tonight.
Don't tickle me – get off!
I can't wait to get these clothes off.
You have to get your hat off your head.
"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!"1991, Lydia Lee, Thank Your Lucky Stars, Silhouette, →ISBN:
I got the paint off the wall.
WE GET OFF the train in the town of Zhongwei in the largely Muslim Ningxia autonomous region.1980 March, Rick Gore, “Journey to China's Far West”, in National Geographic Magazine, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 310, column 1:
The heavens opened just as I got off the bus.
You get off the train at the third stop.
Let's get off the interstate at exit 70. No, let's get off at the very next exit.
When we reach the next stop, we'll get off.
We'll catch a flight to get off Long Island.
Get off the tractor, sir!
"I get up and get the kids off. I do everything normal mothers do. I just do it in less time."2010, Peter Lovenheim, In the Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time, Penguin, →ISBN:
"I think we should get off, Enid. It is nearly seven," said he.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
'I'm beginning to feel like London again. I wish we could get off right after breakfast.'2017, Jane Gardam, Faith Fox, Europa Editions, →ISBN:
“I've been out for a walk around. The rain's blown over. We'll be able to get off right after breakfast.”2016, D. G. Compton, The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe, New York Review of Books, →ISBN, page 155:
If I can get off early tomorrow, I'll give you a ride home.
I get off at four, as always.
She managed to get a week off in March to go to Paris.
I'm hoping to get off the Henderson project.
You need to get off my ass!
Can you get off the phone, please? I need to use it urgently.
You need to get off the candy.
I'll get off this low-carb diet.
I need to get off heroin.
The vandal got off easy, with only a fine.
"But I find you have been there after all," said the man, "and now you shall lose your life." The lad cried and begged for himself till he got off with his life; but he got a good thrashing.1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 216:
My parents were killed, but I got off with only a broken arm and a broken leg.2000, Morris Philipson, A Man in Charge: A Novel, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 174:
Then he was charged with killing some sheep and a steer on the run, and converting them to his own use, but got off mainly because there was a difference of opinion between the squatter and the other local J.P. concerning politics ...1962, Henry Lawson, Prose Works:
He was allowed to rise with a warning that if he played any tricks he would not get off so lightly the second time.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
You got off lightly by not being kept in detention for breaking that window.
She could've faced jail time, but her talented lawyer got her off with only a fine.
We got off with the loot.
The pickpocket got my watch off me.
They got a thousand dollars off her.
Well I'll have to get a form off Rosemary Boyle to get money out your bank.2001, Jonathan Harvey, Out In The Open, Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, →ISBN:
Go get a cup of sugar off Missus Haggerty next door.
I'll get her to come and get a script off you in, say, a fortnight? And then I want you on all the shoots with me and Kate and that gothic tosspot who's presenting. You never know when it might need a rewrite, or he might need a kick up the arse, ...2019, Christopher Beanland, The Wall in the Head, Unbound Publishing, →ISBN:
They said if they sent a form to me it would take about ten days, but if I could get a form off the Internet, I would greatly speed up the process.2017, Barbara Robey Egloff Shackett, Stranded in Montana; Dumped in Arizona, Dorrance Publishing, page 202
She intended to get a letter off to her sister first thing that morning.
I got the email off before the deadline.
I'll get today's lunch off the menu.
They got the code off me.
We're getting a signal off the satellite dish.
He couldn't get the infant off until nearly two in the morning.
If I wake up during the night, I cannot get off again.
This woman hadn't had an orgasm in maybe 10 years. It took me three hours to get her off.1980, Paul Schrader, American Gigolo, spoken by Julian Kaye (Richard Gere):
I know how to get her off.
It was Need. Her Need took her half in sleep onto her pillow and with her own hand got her off.2011, Kirsten Kaschock, Sleight: A Novel, Coffee House Press, →ISBN:
Her husband's tongue was fast and ingenious, mastered at teasing her clit with rapid, fluttering flicks, and he knew how much pressure she liked from years of getting her off.2015, Cara McKenna, Crosstown Crush: A Sins In the City Novel, Penguin, →ISBN:
What'd she do to get you off? (Uh-huh) Taking down her hair like, oh, my God Taking off your shirt, I did that once Or twice, uh2024, Gracie Abrams, Audrey Hobert, “That's So True”, in The Secret of Us, performed by Gracie Abrams:
What? You don't think I know how to get myself off? Hell, that's what half of band camp is. Sex Ed.1999, Adam Herz, American Pie (motion picture), spoken by Michelle (Alyson Hannigan):
I knew, because both Alison and Penny had taught me, that busting up with someone could be miserable, but I didn't know that getting off with someone could be miserable too.1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 19:
Out of spite, Pharaoh cuts straw supplies and Jewish labourers have to make bricks without straw, the same target rates of productivity as before, but with no straw – virtually impossible. Pharaoh gets off on their exhaustion:2009, Rob Lacey, word on the street, eBook, Zondervan, →ISBN:
For example, one addict would crack shorts (break and enter cars) and usually obtain just enough stolen goods to buy stuff and get off just before getting sick.1975, Mary Sanches, Ben G. Blount, Sociocultural Dimensions of Language Use, page 47:
It takes more than a picture in a girlie magazine for me to get off.
I hadn't gotten myself off in weeks.
I'd like to get off with him after the party.
I really get off with cocaine.
Fear is biochemically similar to someone "getting off" on cocaine.1989, Cardwell C. Nuckols, Cocaine: From Dependency to Recovery, →ISBN, page 2:
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.1970, Milton Travers, Each Other's Victims, page 43:
That drug dealer's heroin really gets the addicts off.
Each person has a more outrageous story than the previous teller. […] "The first time I got off on cocaine, man, it was just too fine."1985, Joanne Baum, One step over the line: a no-nonsense guide to recognizing and treating cocaine dependency, HarperCollins, →ISBN:
Where do you get off talking to me like that?
in a word: he’s almost nobody, but his head’s filled with freedom, omniscience, transcendence beyond his foolish flesh, just where does he get off!1981, Magnus J. Krynski and Robert A. Maguire, “A Million Laughs, A Bright Hope”, translating Wisława Szymborska, “Sto Pociech” in Sounds, Feelings, Thoughts: Seventy Poems by Wisława Szymborska
We'll get the concert off, I'm sure.
"If they get off their stunt I don't suppose they care a tinker's curse what is truth or what is not."1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
I felt better after I got a fart off.
I'm hoping to get off a joke during the dinner party.
He got a series of insults off before I could come up with a single retort.
When Quayle looked silly by saying he would be a "pit bull" in the 1992 campaign, David Letterman got off a line about it ("For Halloween, he's going to be a Ninja Turtle"), but the general reaction was curiously tame.1991, Newsweek:
I heard Nelson Algren on the Chez Show, a radio program emanating from the Sapphire Bar of the Chez Paree—you see I've sunk to the lower depths—and he got off a line about Hollywood being a con man's paradise, which wasn't a very ...1942-1963, J. F. Powers, quoted in 2013, Katherine A. Powers, Suitable Accommodations: An Autobiographical Story of Family Life: The Letters of J. F. Powers, 1942-1963, Macmillan, page 155
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| gotten off | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | US | lexicographic |
| got off | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | UK | lexicographic |
| got off | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| gets off | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| getting off | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
get in (antonym(s) of “disembark”) · get on (antonym(s) of “disembark”)
get off on · tell someone where to get off · get off with
debus (disembark) · detrain (disembark) · refrain (stop touching someone) · disembark from (disembark) · drop off (fall asleep) · leave (disembark) · get down (move from being on top of) · alight (disembark) · leave alone (stop touching someone) · cop off (experience sexual pleasure) · desist (stop touching someone) · deplane (disembark) · stop (stop touching someone) · let alone (stop touching someone)
sk potešiť (6.3. (transitive) to excite, arouse) · ru опусти́ть (1.1. (transitive) to move (something) from being on (something else)) · sk zliezť (1. (ambitransitive) to move from being on top of (something)) · ro coborî (1.1. (transitive) to move (something) from being on (something else)) · sk zalomiť (6.2. (intransitive) to fall asleep) · ru сходи́ть (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · cmn 下車 /下车 (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · ro da jos (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · gd thig dheth (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · ko 내리다 (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · pt parar (1.3. (''ambitransitive'') to stop touching or interfering with something or someone) · sh sići (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · it smettere (1.3. (''ambitransitive'') to stop touching or interfering with something or someone) · sk urobiť sa (6.4. (''intransitive'') to experience sexual pleasure) · fi poistaa (1. (ambitransitive) to move from being on top of (something)) · fi nukahtaa (6.2. (intransitive) to fall asleep) · tr inmek (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · fr descendre (1.1. (transitive) to move (something) from being on (something else)) · mi makere (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · ro coborî (1. (ambitransitive) to move from being on top of (something)) · sk vyviaznuť (4.1. (intransitive) to incur only mild consequences) · pl wysiąść (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · it scendere (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · ru опуска́ться (1. (ambitransitive) to move from being on top of (something)) · pt gozar (6.4. (''intransitive'') to experience sexual pleasure) · ru опуска́ть (1.1. (transitive) to move (something) from being on (something else)) · pl wysiadać (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · nl afstappen (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · nl ervan afkomen (4.1. (intransitive) to incur only mild consequences) · ru вы́йти (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · sk vystúpiť (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · es bajarse [with de] (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · cs sundat (1. (ambitransitive) to move from being on top of (something)) · pt tirar (1.1. (transitive) to move (something) from being on (something else)) · fi nostaa (1. (ambitransitive) to move from being on top of (something)) · it spostare (1.1. (transitive) to move (something) from being on (something else)) · fr exciter (6.3. (transitive) to excite, arouse) · it fare sesso (6.4. (''intransitive'') to experience sexual pleasure) · ro da jos (1.1. (transitive) to move (something) from being on (something else)) · ja 降りる (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · fi jäädä pois (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · id turun (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · nl uit ... stappen (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · it riaddormentarsi (6.2. (intransitive) to fall asleep) · pl wypierdalać (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · vi xuống xe (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · ja 降りる (1. (ambitransitive) to move from being on top of (something)) · pt desistir (1.3. (''ambitransitive'') to stop touching or interfering with something or someone) · it arrapare (6.3. (transitive) to excite, arouse) · ru уснуть (6.2. (intransitive) to fall asleep) · th ลง (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · ru опусти́ться (1. (ambitransitive) to move from being on top of (something)) · fi lakata koskemasta (1.3. (''ambitransitive'') to stop touching or interfering with something or someone) · it scopare (6.4. (''intransitive'') to experience sexual pleasure) · fi ottaa pois (1.1. (transitive) to move (something) from being on (something else)) · ru заснуть (6.2. (intransitive) to fall asleep) · sk odkväcnúť (6.2. (intransitive) to fall asleep) · ru сойти́ (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · fi päästä (4.1. (intransitive) to incur only mild consequences) · cs usnout (6.2. (intransitive) to fall asleep) · cs potěšit (6.3. (transitive) to excite, arouse) · cs vystoupit (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · chr ᎠᏠᎢᏍᎦ (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · fr faire descendre (1.1. (transitive) to move (something) from being on (something else)) · sk zaspať (6.2. (intransitive) to fall asleep) · pt sair (1. (ambitransitive) to move from being on top of (something)) · sk spraviť sa (6.4. (''intransitive'') to experience sexual pleasure) · sh silaziti (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · ro coborî (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · ja 下車する (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · nl uitstappen (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · fi ottaa pois (1. (ambitransitive) to move from being on top of (something)) · ru спусти́ться (1. (ambitransitive) to move from being on top of (something)) · fi nousta (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · ro se da jos (1. (ambitransitive) to move from being on top of (something)) · mh eakto (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · it eccitare (6.3. (transitive) to excite, arouse) · tr inmek (1. (ambitransitive) to move from being on top of (something)) · es bajarse [with de] (1. (ambitransitive) to move from being on top of (something)) · nl afhalen van ... (1.1. (transitive) to move (something) from being on (something else)) · pt desembarcar (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · it cavarsela (4.1. (intransitive) to incur only mild consequences) · cmn 下 (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · pt descer (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · pt safar-se (4.1. (intransitive) to incur only mild consequences) · tl bumaba (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · sk zliezť (1.1. (transitive) to move (something) from being on (something else)) · nl van ... afgaan (1. (ambitransitive) to move from being on top of (something)) · sv stiga av (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · fi laueta (6.4. (''intransitive'') to experience sexual pleasure) · ru снима́ть (1.1. (transitive) to move (something) from being on (something else)) · fr descendre (de...) (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · tr indirmek (1.1. (transitive) to move (something) from being on (something else)) · ja 降ろす (1.1. (transitive) to move (something) from being on (something else)) · it scendere (1. (ambitransitive) to move from being on top of (something)) · ru выходи́ть (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · fi päästää irti (1.3. (''ambitransitive'') to stop touching or interfering with something or someone) · es parar/dejar de usar (3.6. (''transitive'') to stop using a piece of equipment) · es librarse (4.1. (intransitive) to incur only mild consequences) · nl afstappen van ... (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · fi kiihottua (6.4. (''intransitive'') to experience sexual pleasure) · fi kiihottaa (6.3. (transitive) to excite, arouse) · ru спуска́ться (1. (ambitransitive) to move from being on top of (something)) · ar نَزَلَ (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · fi nostaa (1.1. (transitive) to move (something) from being on (something else)) · fr arrêter (1.3. (''ambitransitive'') to stop touching or interfering with something or someone) · it riprendere sonno (6.2. (intransitive) to fall asleep) · fi selvitä (4.1. (intransitive) to incur only mild consequences) · cs pomilovat (6.4. (''intransitive'') to experience sexual pleasure) · de aussteigen (2.1. (''ambitransitive'') to disembark from) · ru сня́ть (1.1. (transitive) to move (something) from being on (something else))