What is the meaning of get off?

verb

  • Leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc..
  • Be relieved of one's duties temporarily.
  • Transfer.
    • usage: "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia"
  • Cause to be acquitted; get off the hook; in a legal case.
    • usage: "The lawyer got him off, even though there was no doubt in everybody's mind that he killed his wife"
  • Escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action.
    • usage: "She gets away with murder"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"
  • Enjoy in a sexual way.
    • usage: "He gets off on shoes"
  • Alight from (a horse.
  • Get out of quickly.
    • usage: "The officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked car"
  • Send via the postal service.
    • usage: "I'll mail you the check tomorrow"
  • Get high, stoned, or drugged.
    • usage: "He trips every weekend"
  • Deliver verbally.
    • usage: "He got off the best line I've heard in a long time"
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APAWordNet. (2010). get off. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/get_off/definitions/1281985
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "get off" http://smartdefine.org/get_off/definitions/1281985 (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, get off, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/get_off/definitions/1281985>.
MLAWordNet. "get off" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/get_off/definitions/1281985>