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get off

Dictionary definition · get off

verb

  1. leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
  2. be relieved of one's duties temporarily
  3. transfer"The spy sent the classified information off to Russia"
  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"
  5. escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action"She gets away with murder!"
  6. enjoy in a sexual way"He gets off on shoes"
  7. alight from (a horse)
  8. get out of quickly"The officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked car"
  9. send via the postal service"I'll mail you the check tomorrow"
  10. get high, stoned, or drugged"He trips every weekend"
  11. deliver verbally"He got off the best line I've heard in a long time"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).