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bases off of

bases off of is the third-person singular simple present indicative of base off of.

Meaning of base off of

Verb

base off of (third-person singular simple present bases off of, present participle basing off of, simple past and past participle based off of)

  1. (US, ditransitive, informal) To base on.
    • A lot of artists put skits in their records, but they based it off of De La Soul. We didn't base ours off of De La Soul, we based ours off of ours, because we were the first group to actually split up a rap album and not go cut for cut.2006, Chuck D, Yusuf Jah, Chuck D: Lyrics of a Rap Revolutionary, volume 1

Questions about bases off of

What is bases off of the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bases off of is the third-person singular simple present indicative of base off of.

Words near bases off of in the dictionary

  1. baserunning
  2. bases
  3. bases juiced
  4. bases loaded
  5. bases off
  6. bases off of
  7. bases on
  8. bases on balls
  9. bases upon
  10. bases-on-balls
  11. basest

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