get off

Example Sentences

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This year, Download looks set to get off to a wet start with rainy spells and possibly thunder on both Wednesday and Thursday, though there will still be periods of sunshine.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

But the response has been slow to get off the ground in a province where state services have been largely absent from rural areas for decades.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

“It’s so beautiful that everyone agreed to get off the phone, off their couch on a Tuesday in the middle of the week.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

The small size of the MV Plancius—another Oceanwide vessel—meant that everyone onboard could get off at each site visited in the Antarctic, whose regions have strict visitation limits by size of group and frequency.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

When I get off the bus, I'm surprised to find that 1440 North Main Street is a busy office building.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston