off-ramp

noun

: a ramp by which one leaves a limited-access highway

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Seaside Police Department Police said the confrontation between the two began on Del Monte and Hannon avenues, continuing onto Canyon Del Rey Boulevard and onto Highway 1, ending at the Fremont Boulevard off-ramp. Tim Fang, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026 The incident happened just after midnight near the northbound Boronda Road off-ramp, according to the California Highway Patrol. Jason Green, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026 But as a result, geopolitical tremors are rippling across Northeast Asia — and as far afield as the US — and there doesn’t appear to be an off-ramp. Andy Browne, semafor.com, 9 Feb. 2026 Joy Neumeyer What do the far right’s fluctuating fortunes in Poland suggest about countries seeking an off-ramp from autocracy? Leah Downey, The New York Review of Books, 7 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for off-ramp

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of off-ramp was in 1939

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“Off-ramp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-ramp. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.

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off-ramp

noun
ˈȯf-ˌramp
: a ramp by which one leaves a limited-access highway
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