to get off
213
1.6
- phrasal verb
- /ɡɛt ɔf/
:
bajarse de (vehículo)
- After a long ride, we got off the plane and headed straight for customs.
- get off the bus
And so they're at this point, they're getting off the bus in the compound now.
- And so they're at this point, they're getting off the bus in the compound now.
- I said when I got off the plane, it looked like the safari.
- He left, left, literally got off the plane.
- Do you get off the bus and miss the boat or get off the boat and miss the bus?
- They would ride places, then they'd get off and fight, you know, on their feet as infantry.
- I came home and as soon as I got off the car I fainted.
- Anyways, God, I sound especially get off my lawn today, don't I?
- This one get off my lawn.
- He got off the train the wrong side strain come round and killed him.
Examples
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I took the bus every morning and got off at my friend Mary Tyler's stop.
Fiction book (1990) -
When the train finally arrived, the passengers eagerly got off to start their vacation.
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Do you get off the bus and miss the boat or get off the boat and miss the bus?
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Yeah, we used to get off the stage and go in the back of the bus.
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Three young men and a woman get off at the same stop.
Academic text (2011) -
We are in the Philippines, so we just got off the plane.
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Schools advise remaining school bus users to get off at the previous stop and walk home from there.
Academic text (2012) -
The old man got off the early train and stood on the platform surveying the town.
Fiction book (1993) -
And so they're at this point, they're getting off the bus in the compound now.
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At the Grand Central stop, I switched to the Lexington Avenue express and got off at Eighty-sixth.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To go away from a place, person, or group
∞
1.0
Leave a place or situation
∞
3.0
Leave a place quickly or suddenly
709
1.0
To leave a place or person and go somewhere else
632
3.5
Leave a person, place, or situation without taking part anymore
356
2.8
Move away from someone, or stop taking part in something
321
8.1
Tell someone to stop doing something annoying
273
3.2
To leave a place quickly, often to travel somewhere else
206
3.4
To stop being involved in an activity or agreement
125
1.0
To go out of a place or leave a situation
104
4.1
Stop doing something for a short time, for example at a point in a book
102
3.4
Stop doing something that annoys someone
37
3.5
To leave a place suddenly to show you are angry or upset
37
8.1
Tell someone to leave in a rude way
32
1.9
Leave a vehicle like a bus or train at a stop
24
3.9
To leave a place by riding a horse, bike, or motorcycle
21
5.1
To leave a ship, plane, or other vehicle after a journey
21
4.5
To get off a horse, bicycle, or vehicle
19
6.4
To run away quickly after stealing or committing a crime
14
6.8
Leave a place or start a journey
12
8.4
To tell someone to go away right away in a rude or angry way
12
7.7
Leave a place quickly, often in a rude way
10
4.9
Leave a person because they are angry with you
6
3.1
Get off a bus or leave a call quickly
4
8.9
Tell someone to go away and leave you alone
3
4.1
To leave a group and move away in a different direction
3
9.9
Tell someone to go away in a rude way
1
7.9
To leave a place quickly, often without saying goodbye
To leave a place suddenly, usually to go somewhere else
To leave quickly and quietly or tell someone rudely to go away
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
get + off
The sense 'leave a vehicle' is directly derivable from combining a motion verb 'get' (move/arrive at) with the particle 'off' (away from a surface), so that reading is transparent to learners. However, the extension 'stop bothering/irritating someone' is a metaphorical use of 'off' (move away from/contact removed) and requires recognition of a figurative transfer, so overall the item is only partially predictable.
Etymology
Get off for leaving a vehicle or telling someone to stop comes from the same image of moving away or stepping off something or someone. So it can mean both 'to leave a bus or train' and 'to stop bothering someone'.