gets off

present tense third-person singular of get off
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of gets off For this reason, one of the most challenging parts of the job, especially at the start of the school year, is ensuring that each student gets off at the correct stop. Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025 But that doesn’t mean your boyfriend gets off scot-free. Anna Pulley, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets off
Verb
  • According to Jones, flight attendants will deploy it when a pilot exits the cockpit to use the lavatory or for any other reason.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • This coincided with a number of high-profile exits at the agency.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The practice week begins in earnest on Wednesday.
    Zach Berman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • When the sun begins to dip, head over to the Catalina Casino.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Physio Ash Pracy departs while head of women’s physio Amy Cranston is also taking maternity leave on a temporary basis.
    Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • From Zurich Airport, hop on Switzerland’s efficient SBB rail system, which departs every hour and whisks you toward the Alps in just over three hours.
    Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There’s now just one last day of preseason games before the NFL commences its regular season.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Cade Klubnik is already getting high praise before the season even commences.
    Cecil Merkerson, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This risk decreases as the storm moves away.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • During a total lunar eclipse, the moon moves into the Earth's inner shadow, which is known as the umbra.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • If this is an organization that is trying to be taken more seriously, then accountability starts with the front office itself — not with a player saying what everyone around the league is already thinking.
    Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Hydroplaning is when a vehicle starts uncontrollably sliding on wet roads.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Because when your plans change, the company gets to keep all of your money.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But there’s something about politics that gets me in a rabbit hole.
    Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As for Cracker Barrel, where the company goes from here is anyone’s guess.
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Money raised from Arizona lottery games goes toward funding higher education, health and human services, environmental conservation and economic and business development in the state.
    Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Gets off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gets%20off. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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