get off
phrasal verbget off | get off somebody
- used especially to tell somebody to stop touching you or another person
- Get off me, that hurts!
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGet off is used with these nouns as the subject:- passenger
- bicycle
- bike
- boat
- …
get off | get somebody off
- to leave a place or start a journey; to help somebody do this
- We got off straight after breakfast.
- He got the children off to school.
- (British English) to go to sleep; to make somebody do this
- I had great difficulty getting off to sleep.
- They couldn't get the baby off till midnight.
get off | get off something
- to leave work with permission
- Could you get off (work) early tomorrow?
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGet off is used with these nouns as the subject:- passenger
- bicycle
- bike
- boat
- …
get off something | get somebody off something
- to stop discussing a particular subject; to make somebody do this
- Please can we get off the subject of dieting?
- I couldn't get him off politics once he had started.
get something off
- to send something by post or email
- I must get that email off.
- I must get these packages off first thing tomorrow.
get off (with something)
- to have no or almost no injuries in an accident
- She was lucky to get off with just a few bruises.
get off (with something) | get somebody off (with something)
- to receive no or almost no punishment; to help somebody do this
- He was lucky to get off with a small fine.
- A good lawyer might be able to get you off.