off of
UK/ˈɒfəv/US/ˈɑfəv/
off of preposition: off; from, off from.
Preposition
off of
- Off; from, off from.
- The story is based off of historical accounts.
- Card. What, art thou lame?
Simpc. I, God Almightie helpe me.
Suff. How cam'st thou so?
Simpc. A fall off of a Tree.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- Antonyms:
- onto
Examples of off of in a sentence
- Do, my dearest child, get me off of this difficulty, and I can have no other […].1741, [Samuel Richardson], Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: […] C[harles] Rivington, […]...
- The coach bounced up and down in such a terrific way that it jolted the buttons all off of Horace’s coat, […]1870–1871 (date written), Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XX, in Roughing It, Hartford, Conn.: American...
- You're just too good to be true / I Can't take my eyes off of you.1967, Bob Crewe / Bob Gaudio, Can't Take My Eyes Off You:
Antonyms of off of
Questions about off of
- What does off of mean?
- Off of means off; from, off from.
- How do you use off of in a sentence?
- Do, my dearest child, get me off of this difficulty, and I can have no other […].
- What part of speech is off of?
- Off of is a preposition.
- How do you pronounce off of?
- Off of is pronounced /ˈɒfəv/ (UK).
Words near off of in the dictionary
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