something off
Example Sentences
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Going to the post office or grocery store gives them the opportunity to unload while also allowing you both to cross something off your to-do lists.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026
What we have the power to do is not rewind or watch all the way through, but to turn something off.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2026
I do love to check something off of a checklist, so I get that, but I also could not even tell you how many books I read in a year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026
"If I'm ever feeling like I want to get something off my chest, if it's with friends, or my wife or my parents, I always say, 'can we go for a walk?'" said Grennan.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2025
It was eating something off the path, and for a second, Hazel had the crazy impression it was munching orie of the gold nuggets that always appeared in her wake.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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