Usage of Off of
The of is often criticized as superfluous, but off of is an idiom, and idioms follow their own logic. Use of off of is much more common in speech than in edited writing and is more common in American English than in British English.
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Zetterlund struck for the Senators thanks to a lucky bounce as his attempted pass ramped off of Gustav Forsling’s stick and past Bobrovsky a little more than four minutes into the contest.
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Miami Herald, 11 Jan. 2026
Empire Wind, off of Brooklyn, is 60% complete, and Sunrise Wind is nearly 50% complete.
—Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
Over the summer, Habitat for Humanity began construction on Pathway at Heritage Park, an affordable housing project that will build 14 homes off of Black Bob Road.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2026
Unexpected decisions like this one, both on the screen and off of it, have cemented her as a sartorial savant worthy of perpetual influence.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 10 Jan. 2026
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Miami Herald, 11 Jan. 2026
Empire Wind, off of Brooklyn, is 60% complete, and Sunrise Wind is nearly 50% complete.
—Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
Over the summer, Habitat for Humanity began construction on Pathway at Heritage Park, an affordable housing project that will build 14 homes off of Black Bob Road.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2026
Unexpected decisions like this one, both on the screen and off of it, have cemented her as a sartorial savant worthy of perpetual influence.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 10 Jan. 2026
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“Off of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off%20of. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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