the off

noun

British

1

: the beginning of a race

2

: the very beginning

Right from the off, I knew she was against me.

Examples of the off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The driver, Vu Tran, pulled over on State Route 73 in Orange County at a gore point -- the triangular area by the off-ramp on the freeway, according to the arbitration. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

The start-line bike appears to feature a 19-inch front wheel rather than the 21-inch wheel standard on the off-road Rally series. — New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2026

As for keeping the focus on the main thing this week, the Ole Miss coach summed it up in the most logical way for his players that could be sucked into the off-field distractions this week. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2026

After Alexander Isak’s bitter exit a year previously, Anthony Gordon, Sandro Tonali and, most alarmingly, Bruno Guimaraes, Newcastle’s captain and talisman, pushed to move elsewhere during the off-season. — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff