off
/ɔf/ adjective A1- Inoperative, disabled. · All the lights are off.
- Cancelled; not happening. · The party's off because the hostess is sick.
- Not fitted; not being worn. · Your feet will feel better once those tight boots are off.· The drink spilled out of the bottle because the top was off.
- Not correct; not properly formed; not logical, harmonious, etc. · This calculation is off: the numbers don't add up.· Is it right to say 'the amount of cars'? It sounds off to me.
- Inappropriate; untoward. · I felt that his comments were a bit off.
- Less than normal, in temperament or in result. · sales are off this quarter
- Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.
- Circumstanced. · Our family used to be well off; now we're very badly off.· How are you off for milk? Shall I get you some more from the shop?
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The Sheep, fearing some fraud was intended, excused herself, saying, “The Wolf is accustomed to seize what he wants and to run off; and you, too, can quickly outstrip me in your rapid flight.
“Then the murderer, or whoever it was, first took off this ring you call the nugget ring, then the wedding ring, and afterwards put the nugget ring back again.”
As usual, a pilot put off immediately, and rounding the Château d’If, got on board the vessel between Cape Morgiou and Rion island.
However, those experienced in navigation saw plainly that if any accident had occurred, it was not to the vessel herself, for she bore down with all the evidence of being skilfully handled, the anchor a-cockbill, the jib-boom guys already eased off, and standing by the side of the pilot, who was steering the Pharaon towards the narrow entrance of the inner port, was a young man, who, with activity and vigilant eye, watched every motion of the ship, and repeated each direction of the pilot.
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