get off

get off | get off somebody

​used especially to tell somebody to stop touching you or another person

Get off me, that hurts!

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nouns as the subject

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nouns as the object

bicycle

bike

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Get off! どいて！

get off | get somebody off

1 ​to leave a place or start a journey; to help somebody do this

We got off straight after breakfast.

He got the children off to school.

​2 (British English) to go to sleep; to make somebody do this

I had great difficulty getting off to sleep.

They couldn't get the baby off till midnight.

get off | get off something

​to leave work with permission

Could you get off (work) early tomorrow?

get off something | get somebody off something

​to stop discussing a particular subject; to make somebody do this

Please can we get off the subject of dieting?

I couldn't get him off politics once he had started.

get something off

​to send something by post or email

I must get that email off.

I must get these letters off first thing tomorrow.

get off (with something)

​to have no or almost no injuries in an accident

She was lucky to get off with just a few bruises.

get off (with something) | get somebody off (with something)

​to receive no or almost no punishment; to help somebody do this

He was lucky to get off with a small fine.

A good lawyer might be able to get you off.