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[ pronoun ] preposition
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[ adverb ] from a particular thing or place or position

Synonyms

away forth

Examples

"ran away from the lion" wanted to get away from there" "sent the children away to boarding school" "went off to school" "they drove off" (`forth' is obsolete as in "go forth and preach")

Used in print

(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)

She charged off to the bedrooms .

They answered him in monosyllables , nods , occasionally muttering in Greek to one another , awaiting the word from Papa , who restlessly cracked his knuckles , anxious to stuff himself into his white Cadillac and burst off to the freeway .

Related terms

archaism

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[ adverb ] at a distance in space or time

Synonyms

away

Examples

"the boat was 5 miles off (or away)" "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)" "away back in the 18th century"

Used in print

(Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)

Harnessing a team to a buckboard , they drove out to a willow lined creek about a half-mile off , then climbed_down and began chopping .

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[ adverb ] no longer on or in contact or attached

Examples

"clean off the dirt" "he shaved off his mustache"

Used in print

(Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)

This chlorine carbon_tetrachloride solution was illuminated for a day following which the flask was resealed onto a vacuum system and the excess chlorine distilled off .

(M. Yokoyama et al., "Chemical and serological...)

Successive 1 - ml fractions were then drawn off with a hypodermic_syringe , starting at the top of the tube , and tested for agglutinin activity .

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[ adjective ] not in operation or operational

Examples

"the oven is off" "the lights are off"

Used in print

(Harold Searles, "Schizophrenic Communication,"...)

This behavior on her part subsided only after I had come to see the uncomfortably close similarity between , on_the_one_hand , her arranging the ventilation of the common living_room to her own liking , or turning the television off or on without regard_to the wishes of the others , and on_the_other_hand , my own coming stolidly into her room despite her persistent and vociferous objections , bringing my big easy_chair with me , usually shutting the windows of her room which she preferred to keep in a very cold state , and plunking myself down in my chair - in_short , behaving as if I owned her room .

(Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)

It comes_to you that probably he did feel that way to let you use him like you did when you could n't have Gratt_Shafer ; that he must have since he was there like the radio for you to turn_on or snap off when you got tired_of him , that other guy .

Related terms

on disconnected

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[ adjective ] below a satisfactory level

Examples

"an off year for tennis" "his performance was off"

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

`` It 's kind_of like golf - if you do n't swing a club very often , your timing gets off '' .

Related terms

unsatisfactory

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[ adjective ] not performing or scheduled for duties

Synonyms

off_duty off-duty

Examples

"He's off every Tuesday" "he was off duty when it happened" "an off-duty policeman"

Related terms

inactive

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[ interjection ] interjection, asking for other participants to leave or begin

Synonyms

let's_go

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[ adjective ] in an unpalatable state

Synonyms

turned sour

Examples

"sour milk"

Related terms

soured

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[ adjective ] (of events) no longer planned or scheduled

Synonyms

cancelled

Examples

"the wedding is definitely off"

Related terms

on

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[ adjective ] not performing or scheduled for duties

Synonyms

off-duty off_duty

Examples

"He's off every Tuesday" "he was off duty when it happened" "an off-duty policeman"

Related terms

inactive

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