Definition of Get off

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get off
come down or off of, disembark from (i.e. a train, a bus, etc.); (Slang) stop bothering (e.g.: "Stop annoying me, get off!")

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Get off Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

WordNet 2.0
get off

Verb
1. leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
(antonym) board, get on
(hypernym) exit, go out, get out, leave
(hyponym) detrain
2. be relieved of one's duties temporarily
3. transfer; "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia"
(synonym) send, send off
(hypernym) transfer
4. cause to be acquitted; get off the hook; in a legal case; "The lawyer got him off, even though there was no doubt in everybody's mind that he killed his wife"
(classification) law, jurisprudence
5. escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"
(synonym) get away, get by, get out, escape
(hypernym) avoid
(hyponym) evade
6. enjoy in a sexual way; "He gets off on shoes"
(hypernym) love, enjoy
7. get off (a horse)
(synonym) unhorse, dismount, light, get down
(hypernym) descend, fall, go down, come down
(classification) riding, horseback riding
8. get out of quickly; "The officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked car"
(synonym) hop out
(hypernym) exit, go out, get out, leave
9. send via the postal service; "I'll mail you the check tomorrow"
(synonym) mail
(hypernym) send, send out
(hyponym) pouch
10. get high, stoned, or drugged; "He trips every weekend"
(synonym) trip, trip out, turn on
11. deliver verbally; "He got off the best line I've heard in a long time"
(hypernym) express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to

ENGLISH IDIOMS 2.EDITION
get off
not have to pay, not be convicted, get out of If he's guilty, how did he get off? Why isn't he in prison?

Australian Slang
Don't get off your bike
calm down

Get it off with
have sex with

Get off at Redfern
practise coitus interruptus (from Redfern Station, the railway station immediately before Central Railway Station, Sydney)


Get off on
1. be sexually stimulated by someone or something; 2. be excited by something


Get off one's bike
to lose one's temper

Get off one's high horse
one's arrogance is unacceptable

Get off the boat
reach across the dinner table for the salt

Get one's rocks off
1. (of a male or female) to ejaculate; 2. gain pleasurable experience from: “He gets his rocks off on heavy metal”


If you can't run with the big dogs, don't get off the porch
if you can't take the pressure, choose alternative course of action

Where does smb. get off?
what gives someone the right? Where does someone get the effrontery?

English Idioms WM 1.3a
get off
not have to pay, not be convicted, get out of 
If he's guilty, how did he get off? Why isn't he in prison?

hEnglish - advanced version
get off

get off
v
1. leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc. [ant: board]
2. be relieved of one's duties temporarily
3. transfer; "the spy sent the classified information off to russia" [syn: send, send off]


4. cause to be acquitted; get off the hook; in a legal case
5. escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "she gets away with murder!" "i couldn't get out from under these responsibilities" [syn: get away, get by, get out, escape]


6. enjoy in a sexual way; "he gets off on shoes"
7. get off (a horse) [syn: unhorse, dismount, light, get down ]


8. get out of quickly; "the officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked car" [syn: hop out]
[ant: hop on]

9. send via the postal service; "i'll mail you the check tomorrow" [syn: mail]


10. get high, stoned, or drugged; "he trips every weekend" [syn: trip, trip out, turn on]


11. deliver verbally; "he got off the best line i've heard in a long time"



Get off Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries

English - Klingon
get off of
v. lItHa'