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Get off

verb

Leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc..

Be relieved of one's duties temporarily.

Transfer. Synonyms: send, send off.

Cause to be acquitted; get off the hook; in a legal case.

Escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action. Synonyms: escape, get away, get by, get out. "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"

Enjoy in a sexual way.

Alight from (a horse). Synonyms: dismount, get down, light, unhorse.

Get out of quickly. Synonym: hop out.

Send via the postal service. Synonym: mail.

10.

Get high, stoned, or drugged. Synonyms: trip, trip out, turn on.

11.

Deliver verbally.

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"Get off" Quotes from Famous Books

... me saying: "You had better camp. It is thirty miles from here to feed." To this I had merely nodded, giving it little attention; but now as we sat around our campfire, Burton brought the matter up again: "If it is thirty miles to feed, we will have to get off early to-morrow morning and make as big a drive as we can, while the horses are fresh, and then make the latter part of the run on ...

— The Trail of the Goldseekers - A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse • Hamlin Garland

... Hendricks, letting his excitement have full sway. "They could. They could run this town and run it right, if they'd take the trouble. Now look here, son, I don't usually talk about myself, but—I'm honest. I don't say I wouldn't get off a street-car without paying my fare if the conductor didn't lift it! But I'm honest. I don't lie. I keep my word. And I live clean—which you can't say for Lou Akers. Why shouldn't I run on an independent ...

— A Poor Wise Man • Mary Roberts Rinehart

... he said, "I can't get off to go home with you. They Avon't excuse me, and I give all my money to mother. But you go to the back gate. Ask for Joyce. She'll give you a nice warm meal every day. Go with him, Mr. Reybold! If you ask for him it will be all right; for Joyce—dear Joyce!—she ...

— Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 • Various

... "Let us get off first, and then we will talk about it," replied Frank. "Bowman, let go the painter; cast off the stern lines, there. ...

— All Aboard; or, Life on the Lake - A Sequel to "The Boat Club" • Oliver Optic

... sisterhood have reason to be thankful for the "lift" she has given them, for they all get off lightly, and even the awful resister of Law-an'-order is forgiven. Mrs Johnson has money and is waiting outside to stand beers for them; she always shouts for the boys when she has it. And—what good does ...

— The Rising of the Court • Henry Lawson

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