get off

The phrase “get off” has 2 syllables: get off

It's pronounced as /ˈɡɛt ɔf/


What is synonym and antonym for get off?

In the thesaurus, “get off” has 91 synonyms and 39 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for get off along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for get off

Antonyms for get off

Meanings of get off

  • verb
    1. To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
    2. To move (something) from being on top of (something else) to not being on top of it.
    3. To stop touching or physically interfering with something or someone.
    4. To cause (something) to stop touching or interfering with (something else).
    5. To stop using a piece of equipment, such as a telephone or computer.
    6. To disembark, especially from mass transportation such as a bus or train; to depart from (a path, highway, etc).
    7. To make or help someone be ready to leave a place (especially to go to another place).
    8. (possibly obsolete) To leave (somewhere) and start (a trip).
    9. To leave one's job as scheduled or with permission.
    10. To reserve or have a period of time as a vacation from work.
    11. To acquire (something) from (someone).
    12. 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.
    13. To help someone to escape serious or severe consequences and receive only mild or no punishment.
    14. To (write and) send (something); to discharge.
    15. To utter.
    16. To make (someone) fall asleep.
    17. To fall asleep.
    18. To excite or arouse, especially in a sexual manner, as to cause to experience orgasm.
    19. To experience great pleasure, especially sexual pleasure; in particular, to experience an orgasm.
    20. To kiss; to smooch.
    21. To get high (on a drug).
    22. (especially in an interrogative sentence) To find enjoyment (in behaving in a presumptuous, rude, or intrusive manner).
    23. Indicates annoyance or dismissiveness.

Example Sentences

  • We need to get off at the next subway stop.
  • Don’t forget to get off the phone when you’re done.
  • The kids couldn’t wait to get off the school bus.
  • He told them to get off his property immediately.
  • She managed to get off work early to catch the concert.

On this page you'll find 130 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to get off, such as: abandon, abide, abolish, abscond, adjourn, adopt, approach.

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vacation

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  • break
  • breather
  • breathing space
  • bum
  • day of rest
  • escape
  • feast
  • few days off
  • fiesta
  • furlough
  • get off
  • goldbrick
  • holiday
  • hols
  • holy day
  • idle
  • idling
  • interim
  • intermission
  • interval
  • layoff
  • laze
  • leave
  • leave of absence
  • legal holiday
  • let up
  • liberty
  • loaf
  • loafing
  • long weekend
  • lounge
  • lounging
  • recess
  • recreation
  • relax
  • relaxation
  • repose
  • respite
  • rest
  • sabbatical
  • slacking
  • spell
  • time off
  • two weeks with pay

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take

take a hike

  • abandon
  • abjure
  • abscond
  • absent oneself
  • adjourn
  • advance
  • alight
  • apostatize
  • approach
  • avoid
  • back out
  • bail
  • bail out
  • be off
  • beach
  • beat a hasty retreat
  • beat it
  • begone
  • betray
  • bid farewell
  • blow
  • bolt
  • book
  • bow out
  • break
  • break away
  • break off
  • break out
  • break up
  • bug off
  • bug out
  • bugger off
  • buzz off
  • check out
  • chuck
  • clear off
  • clear out
  • come away
  • cop out
  • crawl out
  • cruise
  • cut and run
  • cut out
  • decamp
  • dedomicile
  • defect
  • depart
  • desert
  • detach
  • dig out
  • disappear
  • disengage
  • ditch
  • do vanishing act
  • dodge
  • draw away
  • draw back
  • drop out
  • duck
  • ease out
  • egress
  • eliminate
  • elope
  • elude
  • embark
  • emigrate
  • escape
  • evacuate
  • evade
  • exfiltrate
  • exit
  • extract
  • extricate oneself
  • fall back
  • fare
  • flake off
  • flee
  • flit
  • fly
  • fly the coop
  • forsake
  • free oneself
  • get
  • get away
  • get going
  • get lost
  • get off
  • get out
  • get the hell out
  • git
  • give ground
  • give the slip
  • give up
  • give way
  • go
  • go AWOL
  • go away
  • go back on
  • go forth
  • go off
  • go out
  • go over the hill
  • go separate ways
  • go west
  • head
  • head out
  • hie
  • hightail
  • hit the road
  • hotfoot
  • issue
  • jilt
  • journey
  • jump
  • keep aloof
  • keep apart
  • kite
  • lam
  • leave
  • leave flat
  • leave high and dry
  • leave in the lurch
  • leave stranded
  • light
  • light out
  • make
  • make a break for it
  • make a getaway
  • make for
  • make off
  • make oneself scarce
  • make quick exit
  • make tracks
  • march
  • maroon
  • migrate
  • mizzle
  • mosey
  • move
  • move off
  • move on
  • move out
  • near
  • opt out
  • part
  • part company
  • pass
  • peel off
  • phase out
  • play truant
  • proceed
  • progress
  • pull back
  • pull out
  • pull stakes
  • pull up stakes
  • push ahead
  • push off
  • push on
  • quail
  • quit
  • quit the scene
  • recede
  • recoil
  • relinquish
  • remove
  • remove oneself
  • renounce
  • repair
  • resign
  • retire
  • retreat
  • ride off
  • run along
  • run away
  • run out on
  • sally
  • say goodbye
  • scamper
  • scarper
  • scat
  • scoot
  • scram
  • secede
  • seclude oneself
  • separate
  • set off
  • set out
  • ship out
  • shirk
  • shove off
  • shrink
  • shun
  • skedaddle
  • skip
  • skip out
  • slip
  • slip away
  • slip out
  • sneak off
  • split
  • split up
  • start
  • step down
  • step on it
  • step on the gas
  • step out
  • strand
  • strike out
  • switch
  • take a powder
  • take away
  • take flight
  • take leave
  • take off
  • take out
  • tergiversate
  • throw over
  • travel
  • vacate
  • vamoose
  • vanish
  • violate oath
  • walk
  • walk out
  • walk out on
  • wend
  • withdraw

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