off
/ɔf/ adverb A2- In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point. · He drove off in a cloud of smoke.
- Into a state of non-operation or non-existence. · Please switch off the light when you leave.· The dinosaurs died off long ago.
- So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated. · He bit off the end of the carrot.· Some branches were sawn off.
- Specifying the number of some item in bills, parts lists, etc. · 3 off 20 amp fuses
- Offstage. · noises off
- Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.
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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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