get off

phraseA22 meaningsNot compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To get off is to leave a bus, a train or a plane. Down the steps and onto the platform.

It is the opposite of get on and it takes a direct object, so getting off the bus. There are several other senses: getting off a charge means escaping punishment, getting off work means finishing for the day, and telling somebody to get off means to stop touching something. Getting off lightly means suffering less than you deserved, which is a common piece of British understatement.

Definitions of get off

1phraseget offTo leave a vehicle.A2
“We get off at the next stop.”
2phraseescapeTo escape punishment.B2
“He may well get off with a warning.”

Practised in Phrasal Verbs, A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 5 of A Man Called Ove.

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get off

phraseA22 meaningsNot compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To get off is to leave a bus, a train or a plane. Down the steps and onto the platform.

Definitions of get off

1phraseget offTo leave a vehicle.A2
“We get off at the next stop.”
2phraseescapeTo escape punishment.B2
“He may well get off with a warning.”

Practised in Phrasal Verbs, A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 5 of A Man Called Ove.

Practise this word