Be relieved of one''s duties temporarily
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escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn''t get out from under these responsibilities"
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cause to be acquitted; get off the hook; in a legal case; "The lawyer got him off, even though there was no doubt in everybody''s mind that he killed his wife"
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deliver verbally; "He got off the best line I''ve heard in a long time"
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transfer; "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia"
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get high, stoned, or drugged; "He trips every weekend"
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send via the postal service; "I''ll mail you the check tomorrow"
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get out of quickly; "The officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked car"
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get off (a horse)
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leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
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enjoy in a sexual way; "He gets off on shoes"
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be relieved of one''s duties temporarily
Usage Examples
One of the most amazing things about mathematics is the people who do math aren't usually interested in application, because mathematics itself is truly a beautiful art form. It's structures and patterns, and that's what we love, and that's what we get off on.
I never travel without my Stetson, but the more I wear it the more I realise that no one wears hats any more. When I was a kid everybody wore hats, especially in Texas, but I get off the plane in Dallas now and I'm the only guy with a hat. It's amazing.
I will never do another TV series. It couldn't top I Love Lucy, and I'd be foolish to try. In this business, you have to know when to get off.
'Blind Curve,' the book I'm working on now, sprang from a crazy incident that happened to me last year while on my book tour. I was pulled out of my car for a minor traffic violation - an incident that escalated into my being thrown into cuffs and told I was going to jail. Except in my story, the hero doesn't get off as easily as I did.
Some people will go to the opening of an envelope. They live their lives in the public eye and get off on it, they need it. They need that kind of adoration. If their name isn't in the tabloids once a week they feel like a failure.
I do not believe the picture that some people paint of Scottish towns dependent on welfare. Every time I come here, I meet people who are determined to get into work. Who, with the right help are desperate to get off benefits, support their family and set an example for their children.
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Other Usage ExamplesMy parents were the same in the pulpit as they were at home. I think that's where a lot of preachers' kids get off base sometimes. Because they don't see the same things at both places.
I have an imagination because my life is so boring that my imagination lets me get off the reality of what's going on.
I'm not a T.G.I.F. guy. I get off a plane at 2 o'clock in the morning and I'm looking for my secretary because I want to know what's going on.
Each one of my movies becomes easier to get off the ground.
We are pre-disposed for fantasy, there is a natural impulse for human beings to want to get off their heads or out of their heads in something in a substance or a drink or an idea or a religion which will comfort them and make life exciting.
I don't get off on romantic parts. But I often think if I had had my dental work done early on, well, maybe.