How to Use get off in a Sentence

get off

verb
  • Keep in Mind: The top of the unit is a little tricky to get off.
    Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Yachty had some more thoughts to get off his chest as the night went on.
    Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Then the season came, and Moody got off to a rough start.
    Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2023
  • For me and for all the other guys who lived to get off that awful beach.
    The Oregonian, oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The new campaign gets off to a bizarre start thanks to the relative lack of drama at the top of the grid.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2024
  • But that was one of only two shots the Panthers got off on the night and the only one on goal.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Keep these few things in mind, and your day is sure to get off to a much better start.
    Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The number of homicides in Kansas City got off to a slow start in 2024 . . .
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Nacua got off to a record-setting start in the first two games and Atwell has performed well.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Lopez got off to a strong start, making his first three field goals.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2023
  • There’s a host of reasons the startup may struggle to get off the ground.
    Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2023
  • To be fair, this phase of the Nobel Prize got off to a wobbly start, to put it lightly.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The Tigers get off one play — a 6-yard rush from Damari Alston — before the first quarter comes to a close.
    Ainslie Lee | Alee@al.com, al, 2 Sep. 2023
  • But Kansas State got off such a strong start that the cushion was enough; the Wildcats opened with a 25-10 lead.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Base got off to a strong start but still has not achieved a critical mass of users.
    Abubakar Nur Khalil, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The man then gets off the vehicle and the driver exits.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Hamby’s time on the board got off to a combative start.
    Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Jacobs got off to a slow start last season before going off the rest of the way.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Rice made five of his seven 3-pointers in the first half, helping Texas get off to a fast start.
    San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2023
  • In the world of Hollywood award shows, this year got off to a turbulent start.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Don't forget – there's no prize for getting off the plane first.
    Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Cultural groups came on board the project, then quickly got off.
    Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The group ended up getting off the train before Dang did.
    Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The woman was walking east along the trail when a man rode past her, got off his bike and grabbed her, the sheriff’s office said.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The trade market for him around the league, sources say, is so rough that the thought is Chicago should have to add stuff in a LaVine trade to get off the contract.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Black has stayed close with his younger co-stars over the years, but a movie sequel has never gotten off the ground.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Put very simply, without a good knee bend, your deadlift won't be able to get off the floor.
    Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Hoke said getting off blocks has been a point of emphasis in practice for the defense.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2023
  • For Reid Wiseman, the mission got off to a comical start.
    Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2023
  • What are your reasonable hopes? To get off to a better start than last year and have an outside chance at the wild card.
    Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 29 Mar. 2023

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