GET OFF Synonyms: 140 Similar and Opposite Words

get off

verb

Definition of get off

as in to depart

to leave a place often for another told him to get off for home before it got dark

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as in to begin

to take the first step in (a process or course of action) breakfast helps you get off to a good start in the morning

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Recent Examples of get off The group who refused to get off the plane in Liberia on Thursday include four Cuban men, a Brazilian man and a Cameroonian woman, the person and lawyer said. — Mark Banchereau, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026 The Eagles, a CIF Southern Section and CIF State champion last season, got off to a grand start with a 27-0 win over Jones of Orlando, Fla. — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 24 Aug. 2026 Hal tries to give John a flying lesson, but the trainee can’t get off the ground. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 Aug. 2026 Inter got off to a great start when a fierce long-range shot from Hakan Çalhanoğlu gave it the lead in the sixth minute. — ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026 Alex Bregman added to it with a two-run blast, and the Cubs got off to a hot start. — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026 In fact, a lot of them are going hard, getting off and feeling great doing it. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 21 Aug. 2026 In an exclusive interview with The Drive, Honda’s Watanabe went into great detail about the team’s timeline since the automaker’s return to F1 was confirmed three years ago, and how and why things got off to a difficult start almost immediately. — Jerry Perez, The Drive, 20 Aug. 2026 But the gig got off to an auspicious start for Simmons, who took a tumble in his seven-inch platform boots. — Wes Orshoski, SPIN, 20 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for get off

Verb

Lagarde has been seen as the frontrunner for the role since WEF’s longtime chair departed under a cloud.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Brockman took over the revenue organization in early July after CEO of Applications Fidji Simo departed to focus on her health.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of depart

Verb

That approach could help developers identify infrastructure constraints before construction begins.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
Dehqani said reconstruction work began immediately after the refinery was hit during the 12-day war between Iran and Israel in 2025.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of begin

Verb

The animation is truly ugly, the characters moving at the framerate of a PowerPoint and looking less like the animals they’re supposed to be than weird hybrid troll creatures.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026
Instead of dealing with rental cars or busy trailheads, travelers just want to step out their front door, lace up and move.

— Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of move

Verb

If the plans to destroy the theater are followed through, the process will, ironically, have to start with an excavation.

— Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
One of President Vladimir Putin’s key goals in starting a war with Russia’s neighbor in February 2022 was to place Kyiv in Moscow’s orbit.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of start

Verb

Cantu’s wife, who heard her husband, then exits the home and comes to the horrid realization that her husband is dead or dying on the front yard.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
Uncertainty about when the war with Iran will allow oil tankers to freely exit the Persian Gulf again has roiled markets, causing oil prices to rise and pushing up Treasury yields due to worries over inflation.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of exit

Verb

There is no word on when the search for a new warden will commence.

— Christopher DeRose, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
The Jet Set to the Beekman package commences with a Blade helicopter flight to Pier 11 in Lower Manhattan (from eligible departure points), where a house car will then take you to the Beekman’s West Turret penthouse.

— Spencer Whaley, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of commence

Verb

Police had initially tried to pull over Shelton's vehicle, a 2006 Honda Civic, near Rodney Parham Road and Mississippi Street, but the vehicle fled through several streets and got away, Little Rock police said in a news release.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Aug. 2026
The service got its name from the original Mechanical Turk, an 18th century chess-playing robot that was actually controlled by a human chess master.

— Annie Palmer, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026