Meaning

38 senses
  1. (intransitive, transitive)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!

  2. To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.

    (intransitive, transitive)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?

  3. (intransitive, transitive)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.

  4. (ditransitive, intransitive, transitive)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.

  5. (ditransitive, intransitive, transitive)To thoroughly remove.

    I got the paint off the wall.

  6. To depart from a location, route or conveyance.

    (intransitive, transitive)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.

    aussteigen

    сходи́тьsxodítʹ, сойти́sojtí, выходи́тьvyxodítʹ

  7. (transitive)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.

  8. (transitive)To leave an island.

    We'll catch a flight to get off Long Island.

    leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.

  9. (transitive)To dismount or climb down from (something).

    Get off the tractor, sir!

  10. (transitive)To make or help someone be ready to leave a place (especially to go to another place).

  11. (dated, possibly)To leave (somewhere) and start (a trip).

  12. To leave from a job or stop an experience.

    (intransitive, transitive)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.

Examples

1064 sentences
  1. I'm getting off the bus here.

    Я виходжу з автобуса тут. — deniko

  2. Today I get off work at 2:30.

    Сьогодні я йду з роботи о 2:30. — deniko

  3. I'm getting off at the next station.

    Я виходжу на наступній станції. — ChickenKiev

    ruЯ выхожу на следующей остановке. — Fuzzyakin

    deIch steige beim nächsten Bahnhof aus. — xtofu80

  4. I'm getting off at the next stop.

    Я виходжу на наступній зупинці. — ChickenKiev

    ruЯ выхожу на следующей остановке. — Fuzzyakin

    deIch steige an der nächsten Haltestelle aus. — MUIRIEL

  5. I'll get off at the next station.

    Я виходжу на наступній станції. — ChickenKiev

    ruЯ выхожу на следующей станции. — afyodor

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
1. (ambitransitive) to move from being on top of (something):
1.1. (transitive) to move (something) from being on (something else):
2.1. (ambitransitive) to disembark from:
6.2. (intransitive) to fall asleep:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
2.1. (ambitransitive) to disembark from:

Forms

gets off, getting off, got off, got off
Base formget off · to get off
3rd person singulargets off
Present participlegetting off
Past simplegot off
Past participlegot off / gotten off

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyget off
he, she, itgets off

Past simpleLesson

all personsgot off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave got off
he, she, ithas got off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill get off

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

28 synonyms
disembark:leaveA1alightdetraindebusdeplanedisembark from
fall asleep:drop off
experience sexual pleasure:cop off
move from being on top of:get down
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms
disembark:get onget in

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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