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

Could take something off throws with precise ball placement.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2025

Some were laughing, others gazed coolly at the viewer, others seemed distracted by something off to the side, not realizing that the moment would last forever.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda