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off of en · ADP
Pronunciation
/ˈɒfə/ (UK, reduced) before a consonant
/ˈɑfəv/ (US)
/ˈɒfəv/ (UK)
Meanings
(colloquial) Off; from, off from.
"The green curtains that hung there for years and years... have been taken down and the blood-red cardinal velvet curtains have been hung up, and they have taken the green top off of the President's desk and put a red one on that..." 1928 September 28, “Eye of Gawd”, in Time:
Do, my dearest child, get me off of this difficulty, and I can have no other […]. 1741, [Samuel Richardson], Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: […] C[harles] Rivington, […]; and J. Osborn, […], →OCLC:
The coach bounced up and down in such a terrific way that it jolted the buttons all off of Horace’s coat, […] 1870–1871 (date written), Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XX, in Roughing It, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company [et al.], published 1872, →OCLC, page 151:
The story is based off of historical accounts.
Card. What, art thou lame?
Simpc. I, God Almightie helpe me.
Suff. How cam'st thou so?
Simpc. A fall off of a Tree. 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
You're just too good to be true / I Can't take my eyes off of you. 1967, Bob Crewe / Bob Gaudio, Can't Take My Eyes Off You: