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OFF definition: 1. away from a place or position, especially the present place, position, or time: 2. used with…. Learn more.
The meaning of OFF is from a place or position; specifically : away from land. How to use off in a sentence.
preposition. used to indicate actions in which contact is absent or rendered absent, as between an object and a surface. to lift a cup off the table. used to indicate the removal of something that is or has been appended to or in association with something else. to take the tax off potatoes.
not touching or connected to something or not on a surface: Keep off the grass! A button came off my coat. Fewer examples. We licked the chocolate off our fingers. The paint is starting to peel off the wall. You'll have to let the glue dry and then you can pick it off.
Although usage guides reject it as redundant, recommending off without of, the phrase is widespread in speech: Let's watch as the presidential candidates come off of the rostrum and down into the audience. off of is rare in edited writing except to give the flavor of speech.
The adverb off means away or distant. You might run off from the dinner table after an argument with your family about what to watch on TV later. You might dash off, moving away from where you started, or turn off your original route during a trip.
down or away from a place; at a distance in space or time. I called him but he ran off. I gave up riding after I fell off. Sarah's off in India somewhere. I must be off (= I must leave) soon. Summer's not far off now. A solution is still some way off. Off you go! Enjoy yourselves!
