be off
idiom
: to leave : to start going, running, etc.
I must be off if I want to make the next bus.
And the runners are off.
Examples of be off in a Sentence
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For example, when you’re normally parked at work, your car could be off earning you some fare money.
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Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2024
Uri Berliner, an award-winning business journalist who has worked at the network for 25 years, will be off the job for five days without pay.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
Her view is that the owners have trained their dogs well enough to be off leash.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
The world cannot be off limits for your disabled child.
—Emilee Coblentz, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
The consequences of a brief weekend shutdown would be mostly muted: Many federal workers at unfunded agencies would be off for the weekend anyway.
—Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
For example, young people are now more likely to be off work with illness than people who are 20 years older than them.
—Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 26 Feb. 2024
Rumors are circulating that Booker may be off the dating market for now, according to a Reddit post from @Oth1994 in r/LAinfluencersnark.
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
Its countryside address may be off the radar, but since its opening, Casa Maria Luigia has skyrocketed out of the culinary ballpark.
—Erica Firpo, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2024
Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2024
Uri Berliner, an award-winning business journalist who has worked at the network for 25 years, will be off the job for five days without pay.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
Her view is that the owners have trained their dogs well enough to be off leash.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
The world cannot be off limits for your disabled child.
—Emilee Coblentz, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
The consequences of a brief weekend shutdown would be mostly muted: Many federal workers at unfunded agencies would be off for the weekend anyway.
—Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
For example, young people are now more likely to be off work with illness than people who are 20 years older than them.
—Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 26 Feb. 2024
Rumors are circulating that Booker may be off the dating market for now, according to a Reddit post from @Oth1994 in r/LAinfluencersnark.
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
Its countryside address may be off the radar, but since its opening, Casa Maria Luigia has skyrocketed out of the culinary ballpark.
—Erica Firpo, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2024
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“Be off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20off. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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