Off
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English
Adverb
off
- An adverbial particle used in many phrasal verbs, often mistakenly thought of as a preposition.
Antonyms
Derived terms
- back off
- break off
- bring off
- call off
- clean off
- cut off, cutoff
- die off
- drop off
- fall off
- fuck off
- get off
- go off
- goof off
- hold off
- keep off
- kick off, kickoff
- knock off
- lay off, layoff
- leave off
- let off
- live off
- make off
- make off with
- nod off
- pay off, payoff
- piss off
- pull off
- put off
- ring off
- rip off, ripoff
- round off
- run off, runoff
- see off
- set off
- show off, showoff
- sleep off
- shake off
- switch off
- take off
- tell off
- tick off
- turn off, turnoff
- wear off
Translations
- Dutch: af, uit
- Vietnamese: đi, ra (see individual verb for which translation to use)
Adjective
off
- Not operating, disabled
- All the lights are off.
- Rotten
- This milk is off!
Antonyms
Translations
- Dutch: uit (1)
- Finnish: pois (1), pois päältä (1)
- French: (1): éteint m, éteinte f
- Italian: (1): spento m, spenta f
- Spanish:
- (1): cerrado m, cerrada f, apagado m, apagado f
- Vietnamese:
- (1): (đã) tắt
- (2): ôi; hôi, thối (stinky); chua (used to describe milk)
Preposition
off
- (informal) from
- I got it off the internet.
- This song is off their second album.
Antonyms
Derived terms
- off duty
- off one's game
Transitive verb
to off
- (slang) to murder
- He got in the way so I had him offed.
Derived terms
- off-licence, off-license, offie, offy