Escape punishment
Meanings
- Escape punishment (intransitive, International English)
- Finish, leave work (intransitive, International English)
- Start a journey (intransitive, International English)
- Help a baby or child sleep (separable [obligatory], International English)
- Orgasm, have sex (intransitive, International English)
- Manage to fire a gun (separable [optional], International English)
- Stop talking on the phone (inseparable, International English)
- messages, etc (separable [obligatory], International English)
- Say or write something funny (separable [optional], International English)
Examples
- He GOT OFF on a technicality and left the court a free man.Leave a vehicle.
- We GOT OFF the bus and walked to my house.
- I like to GET OFF early on Fridays.
- We need to GET OFF early to avoid the rush hour traffic.
- I can't GET the kids OFF because of the noise from next door.
- We GOT OFF last night.
- She GOT OFF a few shots before she was arrested.
- Let me know when he GETS OFF the phone as I need to make a call.
- I GOT three emails OFF before the meeting.
- She GOT OFF some jokes at the start of her presentation.