English

Verb
en-verb|inf=to get off|gets off|getting off|got off|got off

1. To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.

#:Get off your chair and help me.
#:Get off your rear and help me.

1. To move (something) from being on top of(something else) to not being on top of it.

#:''Could you get the book off the top shelf for me?

1. To disembark from mass transportation, such as a bus or train.

#:You get off the train at the third stop.

1. slang To excite; to give pleasure to

#: I don't get off on champagne.''

1. idiom To stop (doing something), to desist from (doing something).

#: This is where you get off ordering me about!

1. To stop using a piece of equipment.

#: Can you get off the phone, please? I need to use it urgently.

1. To move from being on (something) to not being on it.

#:You'll fall off that wall if you don't get off.

1. To stop touching or interfering with something or someone.

#:Don't tickle me - get off!

1. To disembark.

#:When we reach the next stop, we'll get off.

1. slang To have sex.

#:You are not allowed to get off in my bedroom.

1. idiom to incur (mild) consequences

#:The vandal got off easy, with only a fine.

1. To fall asleep

#:If I wake up during the night, I cannot get off again.

1. In an interrogative sentence? To observe a boundary in some (usually disapproved of) behaviour.

#: Where do you get off talking to me like that?

Synonyms
sense|move from being on top of get down from
sense|disembark disembark from, leave
sense|stop stop, desist from, refrain from, quit, end
sense|move from being on somethingget down
sense|stop touching someonestop, desist, refrain, leave alone, let alone
sense|disembark, detrain (from a train), debus (from a bus), deplane (from an aircraft)
sense|have sexcop off <!--etc-->

Translations
trans-top|To move from being on top of (a thing).
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|To move (a thing) from being on (a thing).
French: (an object) descendre; (a person or animal) faire descendre
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|To disembark from.
French: descendre de
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|To excite, give pleasure to.
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|To stop, desist.
French: arrêter
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|To move from being on something to not being on it.
French: descendre
Italian: scendere
trans-mid
Portuguese: descer
Spanish: bajarse
trans-bottom

trans-top|To stop touching or interfering with something or someone.
Finnish: lakata koskea|koskemasta
French: arrêter
Italian: smettere
trans-mid
Portuguese: desistir, parar
Spanish: irse
trans-bottom

trans-top|To disembark.
French: descendre
Italian: scendere, scamparla
trans-mid
Portuguese: desembarcar
Spanish: bajarse
trans-bottom

trans-top|To have sex.
Italian: scopare
trans-mid
Spanish: follar
trans-bottom

trans-top|To incur mild consequences.
Finnish: selvitä, päästä
trans-mid
Spanish: librarse
trans-bottom

trans-top|To fall asleep.
Finnish: nukahtaa
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Related terms
get off with
get off on

Category:English verbs
Category:English phrasal verbs

fr:get off
kk:get off

• 2007-11-24 17:14 - Nadando -

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