get off on

Example Sentences

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Taipei wanted to get off on the right foot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

That only works if those aligned against you don't get off on inhumanity.

From Salon • Jul. 21, 2024

Not to get off on a tangent, but me and this other mom were talking last night about how there are these really specific moments in your child’s life where they need your guidance.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2023

In those early years it didn't exactly get off on the right foot with the profession.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2023

“Let’s not get off on the wrong foot here, Holling. Forms are how we organize this school, and forms are never wrong, are they?”

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt