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get off

verb
  1. To move (something) from being on top of (something else) to not being on top of it. (intransitive, transitive) · Get that piano off my foot!· Get your elbows off the table!
  2. To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it. (intransitive, transitive) · Get off! You're crushing me!
  3. To stop touching or physically interfering with something or someone. (intransitive, transitive) · Don't tickle me – get off!· You need to get off your sister if you want dessert tonight.
  4. To cause (something) to stop touching or interfering with something else. (intransitive, transitive) · Get that dog off me!
  5. To dismount or climb down from (something). (intransitive, transitive) · Get off the tractor, sir!
  6. To remove (something that is touching or covering). (intransitive, transitive) · I can't wait to get these clothes off.· You have to get your hat off your head.
  7. To disembark, especially from mass transportation such as a bus, ship or train. (intransitive, transitive) · You get off the train at the third stop.· The heavens opened just as I got off the bus.
  8. To depart from (a path, highway, etc). (transitive) · Let's get off the interstate at exit 70. No, let's get off at the very next exit.· When we reach the next stop, we'll get off.
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“Anne,” with greater severity, “get off that bed this minute and listen to what I have to say to you.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 68 · C1
But now he must get off by the next boat.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 44 · B2

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