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

She looks at me and seems to see me for the first time, takes in that I am dressed like her, like a servant, but that there’s something off about me.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black