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.
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The latter character is presumably modeled off of George Miller, who played a key role in supporting Heumann and her fight for disability rights during the 1970s.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 1 July 2025
The Hope Florida program is intended to move Floridians off of government assistance, and the charity is supposed to give money to churches and local nonprofits that help those people.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025
Marchand is fresh off of helping lead the Panthers to their second straight championship.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
The second only formed Sunday morning in the Bay of Campeche off of the Mexican coast, but lasted less than a day.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2025
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 1 July 2025
The Hope Florida program is intended to move Floridians off of government assistance, and the charity is supposed to give money to churches and local nonprofits that help those people.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025
Marchand is fresh off of helping lead the Panthers to their second straight championship.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
The second only formed Sunday morning in the Bay of Campeche off of the Mexican coast, but lasted less than a day.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2025
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“Off of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off%20of. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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