get off

get off
1) PHRASAL VERB If someone who has broken a law or rule gets off, they are not punished, or are given only a very small punishment.

[V P with n] He is likely to get off with a small fine.

2) PHRASAL VERB If you get off, you leave a place because it is time to leave.

[V P] At eight I said `I'm getting off now.'

3) PHRASAL VERB If you tell someone to get off a piece of land or a property, you are telling them to leave, because they have no right to be there and you do not want them there.

[V P n] I told you. Get off the farm.

4) PHRASAL VERB You can tell someone to get off when they are touching something and you do not want them to.

[V P] I kept telling him to get off...

[V P n] `Get off me!' I screamed.

5) PHRASAL VERB: V P If you get off, or get off to sleep, you succeed in falling asleep. [BRIT]

English dictionary. 2008.

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