get off verb 43exclamation 1forms 4 verb43 •To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.Get off your chair and help me.Get off! You're crushing me! •To depart from a location, route or conveyance. •To disembark, especially from mass transportation such as a bus, ship or train.You get off the train at the third stop.The heavens opened just as I got off the bus. •To depart from (a path, highway, etc).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. •To leave an island.We'll catch a flight to get off Long Island. •To make or help someone be ready to leave a place (especially to go to another place)."I get up and get the kids off. I do everything normal mothers do. I just do it in less time." — 2010 •To leave (somewhere) and start (a trip)."I think we should get off, Enid. It is nearly seven," said he. — 1925 •To move (something) from being on top of (something else) to not being on top of it.Get your butt off your chair and help me.Could you please get the book off the top shelf for me? •To dismount or climb down from (something).Get off the tractor, sir! •To leave from a job or stop an experience. •To leave one's job, school or another commitment, as scheduled or with permission.If I can get off early tomorrow, I'll give you a ride home. •To leave work consistently at a designated time.I get off at four, as always. •To avoid consequences or assist in the avoidance of consequences. •To escape serious or severe consequences; to receive only mild or no punishment (or injuries, etc) for something one has done or been accused of.The vandal got off easy, with only a fine.You got off lightly by not being kept in detention for breaking that window. •To help someone to escape serious or severe consequences and receive only mild or no punishment.She could've faced jail time, but her talented lawyer got her off with only a fine. •To stop touching or physically interfering with something or someone.Don't tickle me – get off!You need to get off your sister if you want dessert tonight. •To cause (something) to stop touching or interfering with something else.I can't wait to get these clothes off.You have to get your hat off your head. •To thoroughly remove.I got the paint off the wall. •To cause or act as to cause an emotion, sensation or state of mind. •(slang) To excite or arouse, especially in a sexual manner, as to cause to experience orgasm.I know how to get her off. •(slang) To experience great pleasure, especially sexual pleasure; in particular, to experience an orgasm; to get off on (something).It takes more than a picture in a girlie magazine for me to get off. •(slang) To masturbate; to achieve sexual satisfaction through masturbation.I hadn't gotten myself off in weeks. •(slang) To get high (on a drug); to get (someone) high on a drug.I really get off with cocaine.That drug dealer's heroin really gets the addicts off. •To leave a project or assignment.I'm hoping to get off the Henderson project. •To stop using a piece of equipment, such as a telephone or computer.Can you get off the phone, please? I need to use it urgently. •(slang) To stop partaking or participating (in a course of action, habit or activity).You need to get off the candy.I'll get off this low-carb diet. •(slang) To quit using a drug.I need to get off heroin. •To acquire (something) from (someone or something).Go get a cup of sugar off Missus Haggerty next door. •To receive data, a message, etc.We're getting a signal off the satellite dish.I'll get today's lunch off the menu. •To find enjoyment (in behaving in a presumptuous, rude, or intrusive manner).Where do you get off talking to me like that? •To reserve or have a period of time as a vacation from work.She managed to get a week off in March to go to Paris. •To send (something); to discharge (a communication).She intended to get a letter off to her sister first thing that morning.I got the email off before the deadline. •To stop following, harassing or nitpicking (someone).You need to get off my ass! •To succeed in an act; to perform an action. •To fart, burp, etc.I felt better after I got a fart off. •To utter.I'm hoping to get off a joke during the dinner party.He got a series of insults off before I could come up with a single retort. •(old-fashioned) To achieve (a goal); to successfully perform.We'll get the concert off, I'm sure. •(slang, old-fashioned) To perform a musical solo; to play music well. •(UK, slang) To kiss; to flirt successfully; to hook up or make out with a desired person.I'd like to get off with him after the party. •(UK) To make (someone) fall asleep.He couldn't get the infant off until nearly two in the morning. •(UK) To fall asleep.If I wake up during the night, I cannot get off again. •To transmit or receive (something). •(slang, old-fashioned) To steal (something) successfully.We got off with the loot.The pickpocket got my watch off me. exclamation1 •Indicates annoyance or dismissiveness."And you're the only person in the country who can do it." "Get off," she said skeptically. — 2001 formsgot off · gotten off · getting off · gets off