How to Use get off in a Sentence

get off

verb
  • Keep in Mind: The top of the unit is a little tricky to get off.
    Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Jones couldn’t even put his foot on the ground to get off the field.
    Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Mullins got off to an abysmal start to the 2024 season.
    Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2024
  • The Ducks gashed a BYU defense that couldn’t seem to get off the field.
    Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Yachty had some more thoughts to get off his chest as the night went on.
    Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Heather Dubrow gets off easy with a dare to bark like a dog.
    Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Then the season came, and Moody got off to a rough start.
    Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2023
  • While the Eagles seek to rise, the Steelers would like to get off the turf.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Csonka has earned the right to get off the road and relax.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Things get off to a good start on the latter front, at least.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Things don’t get off to the best start, as Guy struggles to zest a lemon.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The Cougars missed tackles, couldn’t get off blocks and looked slow.
    Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Sep. 2022
  • Against the hard-hitting Phillies, the Giants got off to a hot start.
    Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024
  • Jefferson got off the blocks fast and didn’t give up the lead the whole way through.
    Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 19 May 2024
  • That said, Rideout expects the year to get off to a slow start.
    Jim Morrison, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022
  • For me and for all the other guys who lived to get off that awful beach.
    The Oregonian, oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Spencer showed up with chairs for Gabby and Rachel to sit in and get off their feet.
    Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 11 July 2022
  • So get off your phone, get onto the street, and talk to people.
    Raven Smith, Vogue, 1 June 2022
  • But $2,000 didn’t seem like enough to convince people to get off the couch.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 June 2022
  • Clapping is heard as Richardson moves to get off the plane.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2023
  • The new campaign gets off to a bizarre start thanks to the relative lack of drama at the top of the grid.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2024
  • But that was one of only two shots the Panthers got off on the night and the only one on goal.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Keep these few things in mind, and your day is sure to get off to a much better start.
    Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The 6-6 wing can get off his own shot off the bounce, a critical skill for the playoffs.
    Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The Gamecocks got playmakers in space, and the Cats struggled to get off the field.
    Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Those who aren’t rich can’t afford to get off the hamster wheel.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Most visitors get off the plane and head straight here.
    Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 30 Aug. 2022
  • For all the wrong reasons, Porsche AG is a stock that could get off to a racing start.
    Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Through rainy conditions, the Chiefs and Bucs both got off to slow starts in this game with Kansas City owning a 3-0 lead after the first quarter.
    Scott Thompson, Fox News, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The friends eventually got off at the next stop, in Santa Ana, and got money from a worker to call their parents.
    Justin Curto, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024

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