1moving away and often down from:he rolled off the bedthe coat slipped off his armstrying to get us off the stage
2situated or leading in a direction away from (a main route or intersection):single wires leading off the main linesin a little street off Whitehall
out at sea from (a place on the coast):anchoring off Blue Baysix miles off Dunkirk
3so as to be removed or separated from:threatening to tear the door off its hingesthey knocked $2,000 off the price figurativeit’s a huge burden off my shoulders
absent from:I took a couple of days off work
informal abstaining from:he managed to stay off alcohol
4 informal having a temporary dislike of:he’s running a temperature and he’s off his food
ზედსართავი
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1 [attributive] characterized by performing or feeling worse than usual; unsatisfactory or inadequate:even the greatest athletes have off days
[predic.]British informal unwell:I felt decidedly off
2 [predic.] (of food) no longer fresh:the fish was a bit off
3 [attributive] located on the side of a vehicle that is normally furthest from the kerb; offside.Compare with near (sense 4 of the adjective).
4 [predic.]British informal annoying or unfair:His boss deducted the money from his pay. That was a bit off
5 [predic.]British informal unfriendly or hostile:there’s no one there except the barmaid, and she’s a bit off
ზმნისართი
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1away from the place in question; to or at a distance:the man ran offshe dashed off to her roomwe must be off now
away from the main route:turning off for Ripon
2so as to be removed or separated:he whipped off his coata section of the runway had been cordoned off
absent; away from work:take a day offhe is off on sick leave
3starting a journey or race; leaving:we’re off on holiday tomorrowthe gunmen made off on footthey’re off!
4so as to bring to an end or be discontinued:the Christmas party rounded off a hugely successful yearshe broke off her reading to look at her husband
cancelled:tell them the wedding’s off
British informal (of an item on a menu) temporarily unavailable:strawberries are off
5(of an electrical appliance or power supply) not functioning or so as to cease to function:switch the TV offthe electricity was off for four days
6having access to or possession of material goods or wealth to the extent specified:we’d been rather badly off for bookshow are you off for money?
7chiefly British (with preceding numeral) denoting a quantity produced at one time.
არსებითი სახელი
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1 (also off side) Cricket the half of the field (as divided lengthways through the pitch) towards which the batsman’s feet are pointed when standing to receive the ball.The opposite of leg.
2British informal the start of a race, journey, or experience:now Ian is ready for the off
ზმნა
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1 [no object] leave:supposedly loyal workers suddenly upped and offed to the new firms
2 [with object]North American kill; murder:she might off a cop, but she wouldn’t shoot her boyfriend
