off-ramp

noun

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

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The Phase One deal gave both countries an off-ramp from tariff escalation. Brendan Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2025 Sign up for the Morning Report newsletter In today’s issue: With Congress, Trump has no magic Sharpie Officials revise Trump’s Gaza intentions Demonstrators take aim at administration Russia, U.S. eye Ukraine war off-ramp President Trump’s powerful executive pen is not a magic wand in Congress. Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 6 Feb. 2025 When? All eastbound lanes of Highway 50 will close from just east of the Yolo Causeway to the Jefferson Boulevard off-ramp and interchange with Highway 275, Caltrans said. Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2025 As far as Washington Street, a new off-ramp from Route 9 northbound is proposed to provide access to River Road, about 3,500 feet south of Washington Street. Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 3 Mar. 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 28 Mar. 2025.

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off-ramp

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