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Off

adverb

1.

From a particular thing or place or position ('forth' is obsolete). Synonyms: away, forth. "Wanted to get away from there" , "Sent the children away to boarding school" , "The teacher waved the children away from the dead animal" , "Went off to school" , "They drove off" , "Go forth and preach"

2.

At a distance in space or time. Synonym: away. "The party is still 2 weeks off (or away)" , "Away back in the 18th century"

3.

No longer on or in contact or attached. "He shaved off his mustache"

adjective

1.

Not in operation or operational. "The lights are off"

2.

Below a satisfactory level. "His performance was off"

3.

(of events) no longer planned or scheduled. Synonym: cancelled.

4.

In an unpalatable state. Synonyms: sour, turned.

5.

Not performing or scheduled for duties.

verb

1.

Kill intentionally and with premeditation. Synonyms: bump off, dispatch, hit, murder, polish off, remove, slay.

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... pushing his hair off his brows with a languid gesture, . . "The afternoon wears onward, and the very heavens seem to smoke with heat,—let us seek cooler air beneath the shade of yonder cypresses, whose dark-green boughs shut out the glaring sky. We'll talk of love and poesy and tender things till sunset, . . ...

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