hoff

Preposition

off

1. Not positioned upon; away from a position upon.
   • He's off the roof now.
2. Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
   • The phone is off the hook
3. Outside the area or region of.
   • The suspect is now believed to be off the campus.
4. Temporarily not attending (a usual place), especially owing to illness or holiday.
   • off work; off school
5. Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
   • His office is off this corridor on the right.
   1. Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.
      • The island is 23 miles off the cape.

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