How to Use get off in a Sentence

get off

verb
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  • Is this how this story ends, that his killers get off with probation?
    — Niraj Warikoo, USA TODAY, 23 June 2022
  • Tell your friends and relatives who come to visit to get off the road system.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2022
  • Elon Musk can afford it, but how about the startups that never get off the ground?
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 16 June 2022
  • Tourists get off the bus, drop their bags, and head straight into the water, Houser says.
    — Chloe Williams, The Atlantic, 20 June 2022
  • Attendees will need to get off at the Clearfield Station in order to go to the air show.
    — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 June 2022
  • Harriet Tubman had that dream to get off of that plantation.
    — Javacia Harris Bowser, Good Housekeeping, 13 June 2022
  • Saturday afternoon didn’t get off to the best start for Ballard.
    — Jonathan Saxon, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2022
  • The difference here is that, respectfully, there aren’t many artists at my level, to be able to get off of a major and do this.
    — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 24 June 2022
  • But if Curry get off for 40-plus points again, the Finals don’t get to a Game 7.
    — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 June 2022
  • When sales were disappointing, Atlantic told her to get off the road and start recording a follow-up album.
    — Alan Paul, WSJ, 17 June 2022
  • These three tips from the current crypto craze can be applied to reinvigorate any mature business or help a startup get off the ground.
    — Sundance Monty Brennan, Forbes, 29 June 2022
  • But that Friday morning in mid-October, one customer refused to get off.
    — Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Those feeling strong anxiety or alarm about the race should ‘zoom out’ and get off the ‘expectation roller coaster,’ one expert on happiness said.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The Cowboys have been out of sync for more of the season, and have uncharacteristically gotten off to a poor start.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Shrinking Job Corps and cutting funding for work-training programs — which help people get off of government assistance — nearly in half.
    — Eli Hager, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Just like in the US, getting a spot can be something of a rat race, in which high-income families invest more time and resources into hunting for space and getting off long waitlists.
    — Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 30 Oct. 2024
  • But after watching a few fastballs go by, and fouling off the penultimate offering from Cotton, Naylor changed his approach and looked for a way to get off the field with a victory.
    — Joe Noga, cleveland, 30 June 2022
  • Keep in Mind: The top of the unit is a little tricky to get off.
    — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Jones couldn’t even put his foot on the ground to get off the field.
    — Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Mullins got off to an abysmal start to the 2024 season.
    — Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2024
  • The Ducks gashed a BYU defense that couldn’t seem to get off the field.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Yachty had some more thoughts to get off his chest as the night went on.
    — Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Heather Dubrow gets off easy with a dare to bark like a dog.
    — Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Then the season came, and Moody got off to a rough start.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2023
  • While the Eagles seek to rise, the Steelers would like to get off the turf.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Csonka has earned the right to get off the road and relax.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Things get off to a good start on the latter front, at least.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Things don’t get off to the best start, as Guy struggles to zest a lemon.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The Cougars missed tackles, couldn’t get off blocks and looked slow.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Sep. 2022
  • Against the hard-hitting Phillies, the Giants got off to a hot start.
    — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024

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