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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

jet off en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To go by airplane to a destination.
    • By then the summer surge was already dwindling, as travellers switched to the roads or jetted off to beach resorts abroad. 2025 July 9, Richard Foster, “Summer specials and holiday hotspots”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 60:
  2. (intransitive) To depart hurriedly.
    • “Clown Without Pity,” as the segment is called, opens with Homer forgetting Bart’s birthday and jetting off at the last minute (or rather considerably after the last minute) to pick him up a present. 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

Forms

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jetting off Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
jets off Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
jetted off Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
jetted off Tense=Past lexicographic