1
as in exits
to leave a place often for another
told him to get off for home before it got dark
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as in begins
to take the first step in (a process or course of action)
breakfast helps you get off to a good start in the morning
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Recent Examples of gets off
The train that Robert De Niro gets off of in the opening credits is the actual Blue Line of the city’s metro system.
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Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
SpaceX's launch pad at the Santa Barbara County spaceport is where another Starlink internet satellite deployment mission gets off the ground.
—Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Larsa, however, gets off topic and asks who put Adriana’s age on the cake.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
For this reason, one of the most challenging parts of the job, especially at the start of the school year, is ensuring that each student gets off at the correct stop.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
But that doesn’t mean your boyfriend gets off scot-free.
—Anna Pulley, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
SpaceX's launch pad at the Santa Barbara County spaceport is where another Starlink internet satellite deployment mission gets off the ground.
—Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Larsa, however, gets off topic and asks who put Adriana’s age on the cake.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
For this reason, one of the most challenging parts of the job, especially at the start of the school year, is ensuring that each student gets off at the correct stop.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
But that doesn’t mean your boyfriend gets off scot-free.
—Anna Pulley, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets off
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Rhincodon typus, to use their scientific name, eat their ample fill by ram filter-feeding, vacuuming up gallons of water to strain out small prey before the water exits their gills.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Oct. 2025
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The secondary rainbow is caused by a second reflection inside the droplet, and this ‘re-reflected’ light exits the drop at a different angle—50 degrees instead of 42 degrees for the red primary bow.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Water From The Top First, water the plant over the top of the soil enough that water begins to drain from the bottom of the pot.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
26 Oct. 2025
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Hydroplaning occurs when a vehicle begins to slide uncontrollably on wet roads.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Oct. 2025
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An American Airlines Airbus A321 taxis at San Diego International Airport as a United Airlines airplane departs on August 24, 2024 in San Diego, California.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
26 Oct. 2025
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The full Interconnect Tour departs from Deer Valley Resort in Park City, leading skiers on a traverse along the Wasatch Mountain range with visits to Park City Mountain Resort, Solitude, Brighton, Alta, and Snowbird.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Oct. 2025
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Here, for now, are three pressing questions as the offseason commences.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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After 2029 the moon will pass south of the Pleiades until the next series commences in 2042.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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Fans will just have to be patient to see if anything moves forward.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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If his execution moves forward, Jennings will be the 16th inmate executed in Florida this year, double the state's previous record.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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Add in Daniels’ injuries, and the Commanders are likely on the outside looking in when the postseason starts.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Los Angeles' bullpen is the team's biggest weakness, and Snell is helping to cover it up by giving the Dodgers longer starts.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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After Lazio at the weekend, the algorithm gets kinder.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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The story goes that at the homecoming pep rally in 1995, then-student body president Michael Torregrossa was pushed into the pond by other student government members.—
Jordy Fee-Platt,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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These spots are all gone, but now, due in part to the rise of #BookTok, where genre fiction often goes viral, booksellers are once again getting more targeted in their approach.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Gets off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gets%20off. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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