get off

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verb

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