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GET OFF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
Example:
I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities
Synonyms:
escape; get away; get by; get off; get out
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
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
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cause to be acquitted; get off the hook; in a legal case
Example:
The lawyer got him off, even though there was no doubt in everybody's mind that he killed his wife
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
Meaning:
Deliver verbally
Example:
He got off the best line I've heard in a long time
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
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
Sense 4
Meaning:
Transfer
Example:
The spy sent the classified information off to Russia
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "get off" is one way to...):
transfer (move from one place to another)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
Meaning:
Get high, stoned, or drugged
Example:
He trips every weekend
Synonyms:
get off; trip; trip out; turn on
Classified under:
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something
Sense 6
Meaning:
Send via the postal service
Example:
I'll mail you the check tomorrow
Synonyms:
get off; mail
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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
Sense 7
Meaning:
Get out of quickly
Example:
The officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked car
Synonyms:
get off; hop out
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)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 8
Meaning:
Alight from (a horse)
Synonyms:
dismount; get down; get off; light; unhorse
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
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 (travel by being carried on horseback)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 9
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.))
Sense 10
Meaning:
Enjoy in a sexual way
Example:
He gets off on shoes
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "get off" is one way to...):
enjoy; love (get pleasure from)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 11
Meaning:
Be relieved of one's duties temporarily
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Context examples:
He next tried to get off his horse and make his way on foot, but again the laugh rang in his ears, and he found himself unable to move a step, and thus he was forced to abide spellbound.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
