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

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No off-ramp for Republicans As the uptick in crude prices on Thursday and choppiness on Friday showed, a resolution to the nearly nine-month-long conflict is far from locked in. — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026 One month later, Rundle raped and strangled 15-year-old LanciAnne Sorenson, whose body was found along an Interstate 80 off-ramp in Loomis. — Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026 And over the same period, demand for transformers to work as off-ramps more than doubled, with costs increasing 80%. — Jasmine Garland, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026 At Sunset Drive and the Palmetto Expressway southbound off-ramp, lanes will close. — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 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 9 Nov. 2026.

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off-ramp

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