Thesaurus / be off
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synonyms for be off
- incline
- veer
- drift
- nod
- tilt
- recline
- tip
- slant
- prop
- twist
- bow
- cock
- slope
- curve
- pitch
- sag
- rest
- cant
- decline
- sheer
- droop
- careen
- divert
- roll
- overhang
- deflect
- repose
- jut
- list
- turn
- place
- dip
- heel
- sink
- bear on
- hang on
- beetle
- be slanted
- fasten on
- put weight on
- rest on
- leave
- go
- take off
- break out
- avoid
- alight
- beat it
- begone
- bug off
- clear out
- decamp
- depart
- dodge
- duck
- egress
- evacuate
- evade
- exit
- flee
- fly
- scram
- shirk
- shun
- skedaddle
- split
- vacate
- vamoose
- withdraw
- hightail
- buzz off
- extricate oneself
- free oneself
- kite
- make tracks
- run away
- take a hike
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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"Buy something for your wife that-is-to-be," he said to his grand-nephew, as he handed him the folded paper.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSA far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYEverything showed a rapid flight; even the would-be dinner of the guerrillas was found half cooked.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNNext night at dinner I proposed Sir Alister's health, and we all drank to him and his "bride-to-be."
UNCANNY TALESVARIOUSWhile a one-step was in full swing some would-be wag suddenly turned off all the lights.
UNCANNY TALESVARIOUSAnd hand-painting it allus seemed to me, is really elocution in oils; for a be-yutiful picture is a silent talker.
THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYDJean was to be an architect—God knows why—but Aristide settled it, definitely, off-hand.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEIn favorable parts of the trail he must do better than that, to off-set losses of time where the going was most difficult.
MOTOR MATT'S "CENTURY" RUNSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSThe fun, when the school broke up for the term, was of the never-to-be-forgotten variety.
THE MYSTERY AT PUTNAM HALLARTHUR M. WINFIELDHe is a stranger to affectation—that dangerous rock to the would-be wit; he is natural, and is witty without trying to be a wit.
FRIEND MAC DONALDMAX O'RELLWORDS RELATED TO BE OFF
- alit
- avoided
- beaten it
- been off
- begoned
- broken out
- bugged off
- buzzed off
- clear out
- decamped
- departed
- dodged
- ducked
- egressed
- evacuated
- evaded
- exited
- extricate oneself
- fled
- flown
- free oneself
- gone
- hightailed
- kited
- left
- made tracks
- run away
- scrammed
- shirked
- shunned
- skedaddled
- split
- taken a hike
- taken off
- vacated
- vamoosed
- withdrawn
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.