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Sentences with off

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  • He took his feet off the desk.
  • Lee broke off a small piece of orange and held it out to him.
  • The car turned off onto a side street.
  • She put on her jacket and off she went.
  • Don't try to get on or off a moving train!
  • Locking up men does nothing more than keep them off the streets.
  • Thai troops are cutting off supplies to red-shirt protesters in Bangkok as fighting rages, raising the risk of broader civil conflict.
  • The Sydney skyline is seen after the lights are switched off for Earth.
  • The boat was anchored off the northern coast of the peninsula.
  • He was just about to drive off when the secretary came running out.
  • The preposition is pronounced (ɒf, US ɔːf). The adverb is pronounced (ɒf, US ɔːf)
  • He took off his spectacles and rubbed frantically at the lens.
  • The rest of the men had the day off.
  • He could not get time off work to go on holiday.
  • Keep off the subject of politics.
  • Until Pointon is completely happy, however, the deal's off.
  • She felt better and the psychiatrist took her off drug therapy.
  • I'm off coffee at the moment.
  • As he pulled into the driveway, he saw her bedroom light was off.
  • ...Simons Leatherwear, 37 Old Christchurch Road. 20 per cent off all jackets this Saturday.
  • Florida was a long way off.
  • An end to the crisis seems a long way off.
  • I don't really get a lot of information, and if I do I get it off Mark.
  • Most of these people aren't very well off.
  • Don't eat that! It's mouldy. It's gone off!
  • Her husband's memories are of living off roast chicken and drinking whisky.
  • The Auto Compact Disc Cleaner can run off batteries or mains.
  • ...coming home with make-up all over his clothes–it's a bit off isn't it.
  • To lift a cup off the table
  • To take the tax off potatoes
  • We are off course
  • Just off the High Street
  • I'm off work
  • Turn off the radio
  • Sleep off a hangover
  • He took ten per cent off
  • Take the afternoon off
  • I saw her off at the station
  • This stuff kills off all vermin
  • The ship stood off
  • The ship was 10 miles off
  • The girl ran off
  • August is less than a week off
  • The match has been rained off
  • The girl took all her clothes off
  • Noises off
  • Please supply 100 off
  • The off position on the dial
  • The meeting is off
  • Well off
  • His performance was rather off
  • I'd be better off without this job
  • Sorry, love, haddock is off
  • This milk is off
  • Mid-off
  • The off stump
  • To move off, to ward off
  • To pace off, to mark off
  • Take off your hat, the paint wore off
  • A town ten miles off
  • A date two weeks off
  • Turn the motor off
  • Drink it off
  • To allow 5% off for cash
  • To doze off
  • To take a week off
  • It blew off the desk; a car went off the road
  • To live off campus, anchored off the lee shore
  • To live off an inheritance
  • An alley off Main Street
  • off duty
  • off one's game
  • 25% off the regular price
  • To be off liquor
  • I bought it off a friend
  • His hat is off
  • The motor is off
  • Be off to bed
  • Sales are off
  • The maid is off today
  • An off day
  • On the off chance, the off side
  • To be well off
  • His figures are off
  • Turn the switch from off to on
  • The reconciliation is off by $510.37.For a budget surplus of $234 billion in 2004, the calculation could be off by $250 billion.If an amount or figure is off, it differs from or is inconsistent with the correct amount.
  • This button is about to come off.
  • To take a hat off; to take the wrapping off.
  • To run off; to look off toward the west.
  • This road branches off to Grove City.
  • To start off early; to cast off.
  • To go off on a tangent.
  • He took 10 percent off for all cash purchases.
  • To back off a few feet; Summer is only a week off.
  • Turn the lights off.
  • The alarm goes off at noon.
  • Negotiations have been broken off.
  • Two days off at Christmas.
  • To kill off all the inhabitants.
  • To dash a letter off.
  • The contest came off on the appointed day.
  • My headache passed off soon.
  • Mark it off into equal parts.
  • I must have dozed off.
  • Take your feet off the table! Break a piece of bread off the loaf.
  • off balance; off course.
  • 20 percent off the marked price; I was off my golf game.
  • To be off duty on Tuesdays.
  • He's off gambling.
  • A village off the main road.
  • An alley off 12th Street.
  • Their eyes weren't off the king for a moment.
  • I bought it off a street vendor.
  • To lunch off cheese and fruit.
  • Living off an inheritance; living off his parents.
  • off Cape Hatteras.
  • You are off on that point.
  • He is a little off, but he's really harmless.
  • A good play full of off moments.
  • The agreement is off.
  • The electricity is off.
  • To be badly off for money.
  • A pastime for one's off hours.
  • We're off Wednesdays during the summer.
  • An off season in the tourist trade.
  • On the off chance that we'd find her at home.
  • The off side of a wall.
  • The off horse; the off side.
  • I'm off to Europe on Monday. They're off and running in the third race at Aqueduct.
  • Stock prices were off this morning.
  • The off side of the ship.
  • Off, and don't come back!
  • To work off and on.
  • Take your feet off of the table!
  • Off with those muddy boots before you step into this kitchen!
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