off-ramp

noun

: a ramp by which one leaves a limited-access highway

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Some experts see promise in the idea that GLP-1 pills could work as an off-ramp of sorts for people who use weekly injections. Amanda Sealy, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025 Angel Velasquez Salgado, 21, is expected to be sentenced to 30 years to life in state prison later this year for the Dec. 8, 2023, crash on an Interstate 805 off-ramp that killed brothers Malikai, 8, and Mason Orozco-Romero, 4. City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025 Additionally, the westbound Loop 202 (Santan Freeway) off-ramp at Price Road in Chandler will be closed for two months starting July 31. Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 2 Aug. 2025 The collision was reported just after 6:15 p.m. at Alameda de las Pulgas and the eastbound Highway 92 off-ramp. Jason Green, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for off-ramp

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of off-ramp was in 1939

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“Off-ramp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-ramp. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

Kids Definition

off-ramp

noun
ˈȯf-ˌramp
: a ramp by which one leaves a limited-access highway
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