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get off
verb
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What it means

  1. verb escape potentially unpleasant consequences
    “She gets away with murder!”
  2. verb cause to be acquitted
    “The lawyer got him off, even though there was no doubt in everybody's mind that he killed his wife”
  3. verb deliver verbally
    “He got off the best line I've heard in a long time”
  4. verb leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
  5. verb enjoy in a sexual way
    “He gets off on shoes”
  6. verb be relieved of one's duties temporarily
  7. verb transfer
    “The spy sent the classified information off to Russia”
  8. verb send via the postal service
    “I'll mail you the check tomorrow”
  9. verb get out of quickly
    “The officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked car”
  10. verb get high, stoned, or drugged
    “He trips every weekend”
  11. verb alight from (a horse)