Dictionary entry details
• GET OFF (verb)
Meaning:
Leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "get off" is one way to...):
exit; get out; go out; leave (move out of or depart from)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get off"):
detrain (leave a train)
deplane (get off an airplane)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
get on (get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.))
Meaning:
Be relieved of one's duties temporarily
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Transfer
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
get off; send off; send
Context example:
The spy sent the classified information off to Russia
Hypernyms (to "get off" is one way to...):
transfer (move from one place to another)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Cause to be acquitted; get off the hook; in a legal case
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
The lawyer got him off, even though there was no doubt in everybody's mind that he killed his wife
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
get away; escape; get by; get off; get out
Context examples:
She gets away with murder! / I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities
Hypernyms (to "get off" is one way to...):
avoid (stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get off"):
evade (use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Enjoy in a sexual way
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Context example:
He gets off on shoes
Hypernyms (to "get off" is one way to...):
enjoy; love (get pleasure from)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Get off (a horse)
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
dismount; unhorse; get down; light; get off
Hypernyms (to "get off" is one way to...):
come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)
Domain category:
horseback riding; riding (to be carried on horseback as a means of transportation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Get out of quickly
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
hop out; get off
Context example:
The officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked car
Hypernyms (to "get off" is one way to...):
exit; get out; go out; leave (move out of or depart from)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Send via the postal service
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
mail; get off
Context example:
I'll mail you the check tomorrow
Hypernyms (to "get off" is one way to...):
send; send out (to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get off"):
pouch (send by special mail that goes through diplomatic channels)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Meaning:
Get high, stoned, or drugged
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
trip out; trip; turn on; get off
Context example:
He trips every weekend
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something
Meaning:
Deliver verbally
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
He got off the best line I've heard in a long time
Hypernyms (to "get off" is one way to...):
express; give tongue to; utter; verbalise; verbalize (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
