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 Dodgers started off fast as Shohei Ohtani led off in the bottom of the first with a triple off of Aaron Ashby.
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Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
The Sunday portion of the 2021 Huntington Beach Airshow was cancelled at the last-minute, due to an oil spill off of the Huntington Beach coast.
—Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
Visit Brasas Arepas & Grill, located at Charlotte Market International off of Old Pineville Road and Woodlawn Road.
—Loán Lake, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
That move could take pressure off of Bello and fill a spot with Giolito likely to hit free agency.
—Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
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Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
The Sunday portion of the 2021 Huntington Beach Airshow was cancelled at the last-minute, due to an oil spill off of the Huntington Beach coast.
—Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
Visit Brasas Arepas & Grill, located at Charlotte Market International off of Old Pineville Road and Woodlawn Road.
—Loán Lake, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
That move could take pressure off of Bello and fill a spot with Giolito likely to hit free agency.
—Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Off of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off%20of. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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