Usage of Off of
The of is often criticized as superfluous, a comment that is irrelevant because off of is an idiom. It is much more common in speech than in edited writing and is more common in American English than in British.
Examples of off of in a Sentence
Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 15 Apr. 2024
Rather than being 6 shots back, DeChambeau will enter Sunday just 4 shots off of Scheffler.
—Jordan Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 14 Apr. 2024
For anything farther off of Duval, rideshare services are affordable and readily available.
—Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2024
What happened is, the rise of cloud capital and the siphoning off of money from the circular flow of income increases the discontent within people.
—Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 9 Apr. 2024
The suspect ripped an access panel off of a wall, then pushed the victim toward the wall and ripped her key card off of her person.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
The front has mesh perforations to keep heat out, and the bottom band is nice and thick to keep pressure off of the rib cage.
—Hannah Singleton, Glamour, 3 Apr. 2024
Direct sunlight, welding arcs, tanning beds, and even reflections off of snow can cause the same damage.
—Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 3 Apr. 2024
In addition to hosting and executive producing his own late night show, Kimmel is fresh off of hosting the Academy Awards for the fourth time.
—Jaden Thompson, Variety, 2 Apr. 2024
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“Off of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off%20of. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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