off-ramp

noun

: a ramp by which one leaves a limited-access highway

Examples of off-ramp in a Sentence

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The Marina Vista Avenue on- and off-ramps to and from Interstate 680 were closed in both directions, but the freeway remained open. Jose Carlos Fajardo, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2025 Some people had traded city property for state land, including freeway on- and off-ramps overseen by the California Department of Transportation, although that agency also clears out tents. Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025 The fire has also prompted road closures in these locations: Ridge Route Rd at Lake Hughes Ridge Route Rd at Templin Hwy Lake Hughes at Pine Cyn Dry Gulch at San Francisquito Cyn Rd I-5 NB at Parker Rd Off Ramp and I-5 NB at Lake Hughes Rd off-ramp will be shut down. Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025 The Volunteers had an off-ramp from disaster in the Vandy loss, but Chaz Lanier missed a game-tying free throw try with 2.8 seconds left. Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for off-ramp 

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of off-ramp was in 1939

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“Off-ramp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-ramp. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

off-ramp

noun
ˈȯf-ˌramp
: a ramp by which one leaves a limited-access highway
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