Definitions for get off

Definitions for (verb) get off

Main entry: escape, get away, get by, get off, get out

Definition: 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


Main entry: get off

Definition: 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


Main entry: get off

Definition: deliver verbally

Usage: He got off the best line I've heard in a long time


Main entry: get off, send, send off

Definition: transfer

Usage: The spy sent the classified information off to Russia


Main entry: trip, trip out, turn on, get off

Definition: get high, stoned, or drugged

Usage: He trips every weekend


Main entry: mail, get off

Definition: send via the postal service

Usage: I'll mail you the check tomorrow


Main entry: hop out, get off

Definition: get out of quickly

Usage: The officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked car


Main entry: get down, get off, unhorse, light, dismount

Definition: alight from (a horse)


Main entry: get off

Definition: leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.


Main entry: get off

Definition: enjoy in a sexual way

Usage: He gets off on shoes


Main entry: get off

Definition: be relieved of one's duties temporarily


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