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Get off meaning

Get off is a phrasal verb with 3 meanings. One of them is to leave a place, especially when beginning a journey.

Past simple
got off
Past participle
got off
-ing form
getting off

What get off means

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To leave a place, especially when beginning a journey

We got off just after dawn to avoid the traffic.

2 more meanings of get off are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.

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Similar phrasal verbs

With get: get back, get on, get in, get out, get along, get together, get around, get at, get away, get away with.

With off: turn off, take off, cut off, go off, put off, break off, keep off, start off, tick off, back off.

Common questions

What does get off mean?

It has 3 meanings. One of them is to leave a place, especially when beginning a journey. The other 2, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.

What is the past tense of get off?

Got off, which is also its past participle.

Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.

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