what does get off mean?
GET OFF as VERB
- Meaning
- escape potentially unpleasant consequences
- get away with a forbidden action
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- She gets away with murder!
- I couldn”t get out from under these responsibilities
Hypernyms(s) get off is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- cause to be acquitted
- get off the hook
- in a legal case
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- The lawyer got him off, even though there was no doubt in everybody’’s mind that he killed his wife
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- He got off the best line I”ve heard in a long time
Hypernyms(s) get off is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- The spy sent the classified information off to Russia
Hypernyms(s) get off is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- get high, stoned, or drugged
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- Meaning
- send via the postal service
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- I”ll mail you the check tomorrow
Hypernyms(s) get off is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
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- The officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked car
Hypernyms(s) get off is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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Hypernyms(s) get off is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
Hypernyms(s) get off is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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Hypernyms(s) get off is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- be relieved of one’’s duties temporarily
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