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Off

adverb

1.

From a particular thing or place or position ('forth' is obsolete). Synonyms: away, forth. "Wanted to get away from there" , "Sent the children away to boarding school" , "The teacher waved the children away from the dead animal" , "Went off to school" , "They drove off" , "Go forth and preach"

2.

At a distance in space or time. Synonym: away. "The party is still 2 weeks off (or away)" , "Away back in the 18th century"

3.

No longer on or in contact or attached. "He shaved off his mustache"

adjective

1.

Not in operation or operational. "The lights are off" Antonym: on.

2.

Below a satisfactory level. "His performance was off"

3.

(of events) no longer planned or scheduled. Synonym: cancelled. Antonym: on.

4.

In an unpalatable state. Synonyms: sour, turned.

5.

Not performing or scheduled for duties.

verb

1.

Kill intentionally and with premeditation. Synonyms: bump off, dispatch, hit, murder, polish off, remove, slay.

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— U.S. Presidential Inaugural Addresses • Various

... man, swabbing his bald head from force of habit, though the morning was chill. "The market has been drier than a fish-horn and duller than a foggy morning. You saved me from a trip to Los Angeles. I should have been carried off by my ...

— Blindfolded • Earle Ashley Walcott

... prison for the first offence, to total deprivation and imprisonment at will for the second, and for the third to perpetual imprisonment. The laity were obliged to attend the service under threat of excommunication and of a fine of twelve pence to be levied off their goods and chattels by the church-wardens. The First Fruits were restored to the crown, and the formality of canonical election of bishops was abolished. For the future in case of a vacancy the right of appointment was ...

— History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance • Rev. James MacCaffrey

... off. She had uttered this first word almost impetuously, but she was checked by the counter-agitation of feeling herself in an attitude of remonstrance towards the man who had been the source of ...

— Romola • George Eliot

... before she said it. But she had warded off reproof by nuzzling against her mother's cheek as it tried to turn away from her. She saw her mother's upper lip moving, twitching. The sensitive down stirred on it like a dark smudge, a dust that quivered. Her own mouth, pushed forward, searching, ...

— The Tree of Heaven • May Sinclair

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