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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Munoz was immediately arrested on site based off of his outstanding warrant, authorities said.
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Jon Haworth, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
What does your perfect day off of work and filming look like?
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
In the case of the microwave oven, that microwave radiation instead gets reflected off of the walls, which is why that energy is so efficiently transmitted into your food instead.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
The Baltimore Ravens are fresh off of a heartbreaking loss to the Buffalo Bills in Week 1 NFL action on Sunday Night Football.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
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Jon Haworth, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
What does your perfect day off of work and filming look like?
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
In the case of the microwave oven, that microwave radiation instead gets reflected off of the walls, which is why that energy is so efficiently transmitted into your food instead.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
The Baltimore Ravens are fresh off of a heartbreaking loss to the Buffalo Bills in Week 1 NFL action on Sunday Night Football.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Off of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off%20of. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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