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.
Examples of off of in a Sentence
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Second, crews will be working to protect the gains made on containment lines off of the McKinley Grove Road and will be actively watching for potential spot fires.
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Patrick Jackson took two years off of his five-year residency to support his wife’s career.
—Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2025
The show’s palette trends toward bottle-green woods, gauzy golden light, dusky midnight-blue nighttime scenes, and grimly gray interiors, and within those tableaus, Task’s male characters are gorgeously aggrieved, emotion pouring off of them like coffee from a Wawa urn.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
And being located off of Randall Road means there is a lot of competition, Hutson said.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Patrick Jackson took two years off of his five-year residency to support his wife’s career.
—Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2025
The show’s palette trends toward bottle-green woods, gauzy golden light, dusky midnight-blue nighttime scenes, and grimly gray interiors, and within those tableaus, Task’s male characters are gorgeously aggrieved, emotion pouring off of them like coffee from a Wawa urn.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
And being located off of Randall Road means there is a lot of competition, Hutson said.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Off of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off%20of. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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