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jetting off

jetting off is the present participle and gerund of jet off.

Meaning of jet off

Verb

jet off (third-person singular simple present jets off, present participle jetting off, simple past and past participle jetted off)

  1. (intransitive) To go by airplane to a destination.
    • By then the summer surge was already dwindling, as travellers switched to the roads or jetted off to beach resorts abroad.2025 July 9, Richard Foster, “Summer specials and holiday hotspots”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 60
  2. (intransitive) To depart hurriedly.
    • “Clown Without Pity,” as the segment is called, opens with Homer forgetting Bart’s birthday and jetting off at the last minute (or rather considerably after the last minute) to pick him up a present.2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Questions about jetting off

What is jetting off the present participle and gerund of?
Jetting off is the present participle and gerund of jet off.

Words near jetting off in the dictionary

  1. jettier
  2. jetties
  3. jettiest
  4. jettiness
  5. jetting
  6. jetting off
  7. jettingly
  8. jettings
  9. jettison
  10. jettisonability
  11. jettisonable

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