get off Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
   
2. verb be relieved of one's duties temporarily
   
3. verb transfer
   send off; send.
   
   • The spy sent the classified information off to Russia
4. verb cause to be acquitted; get off the hook; in a legal case
   
   • The lawyer got him off, even though there was no doubt in everybody's mind that he killed his wife
5. verb escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
   get out; escape; get by; get away.
   
   • She gets away with murder!
   • I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities
6. verb enjoy in a sexual way
   
   • He gets off on shoes
7. verb alight from (a horse)
   light; dismount; unhorse; get down.
   
8. verb get out of quickly
   hop out.
   
   • The officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked car
9. verb send via the postal service
   mail.
   
   • I'll mail you the check tomorrow
10. verb get high, stoned, or drugged
    trip out; turn on; trip.
    
    • He trips every weekend
11. verb deliver verbally
    
    • He got off the best line I've heard in a long time

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