off in English

off

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adj. 1. not connected; not continued; stopped.
Ex. The electricity is off.
2. no longer contemplated; canceled.
Ex. The game is off.
3. not at work.
Ex. He pursues his hobby during off hours. It was with a team of those ve

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adv. 1. from the usual position or condition.
Ex. He took off his hat.
2. away.
Ex. to go off on a journey.
3. distant in time or space.
Ex. Christmas is only five weeks off. He stopped twenty yards off.
4. so as to

off

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expr. be off. See under be.

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expr. from the off, (British.) from the beginning; from the start.
Ex. Heredity had thrust our roles on us from the off (Catherine Drinkwater).

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expr. off and on, at some times and not at others; now and then.
Ex. He has lived in Europe off and on for ten years. It has been turning up off and on since at least 1757 in various collections of songs (St. Louis Post-Dispatch).

off

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expr. off of, (Informal.) from.
Ex. ""I ain't going to take no present off of you"" (Eudora Welty).

off

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expr. off with,
a. take off.
Ex. Off with those wet clothes.
b. away with!.
Ex. Off with the old and on with the new!

off

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interj. go away! stay away!

off

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noun 1. the fact or state of being off.
Ex. The thermostat is set at ""off.""
2. the side in cricket opposite to the batsman.
Ex. the young bowler is getting wild, and bowls a ball almost wide to the off (Thomas Hughes).

off

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off, adverb, preposition, adjective, interjection, noun, verb.

off

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prep. 1a. from; away from; far from.
Ex. He pushed me off my seat. We are miles off the main road. He will be off duty at four o'clock.
b. subtracted from.
Ex. 25 per cent off the marked price.
2. not in the usual or correct posi

off

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v.t. (U.S. Slang.) to kill.

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