GET OFF Synonyms: 140 Similar and Opposite Words

get off

verb

Definition of get off

as in to depart

to leave a place often for another told him to get off for home before it got dark

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as in to begin

to take the first step in (a process or course of action) breakfast helps you get off to a good start in the morning

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Recent Examples of get off While the game between the Steelers and Saints got off to a smooth start, the civil unrest in and around Paris continues to be one of the biggest stories around the globe. — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026 The Trail Blazers got off to a hot start in the third quarter with, starting on a 15-0 run, capped off by a 3-point basket by Camara for a 74-64 lead. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 Sowells got off the Gold Line train and approached the two men. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2026 The lower orbit would also offer more, and faster opportunities for astronauts to get off the lunar surface if needed. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026 The game got off to a slow start as Atlanta led 9-1 after the first five minutes. — Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 Though this list covers all of South Florida, Monroe and Palm Beach got off clean this week. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026 The Patriots got off to a rocky start to the season, struggling offensively in their first three games en route to two losses. — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 Canada’s team got off on the right foot while throttling the Chicago Bulls by a score of 135 to 92. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for get off

Verb

The National Gallery Singapore’s chief curator Patrick Flores and assistant chief executiveChris Lee, are the latest to depart the institution in December amid a staff shake-up.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
And, yes, this rendition represented a lyrical alteration by the Tonji that departed from the traditional wording of the French national anthem.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of depart

Verb

By adjusting the distance between the tips, the team could stretch or compress the molecular structure, changing the voltage at which the current enhancement began.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
She eventually was promoted over to the ice cream machine—and began to grow fond of the adrenaline-like rush that can come with working in a restaurant.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of begin

Verb

Those offseason moves, combined with the injuries, have withered the depth that had allowed Presti to be patient in trade negotiations during previous seasons, without feeling a need to make splashy midseason acquisitions.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026
But Florida has decisively moved beyond an educational system dominated by a single operator — the school district — and toward a new construct where multiple operators provide choices for families.

— Thibaut Delloue, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of move

Verb

Charlotte has many more chances to right its wrongs, of course, starting with home games Saturday and Monday.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026
And one health care consultancy that finds doctors and mental health care for wealthy families charges retainers starting at $30,000 for 50 hours.

— Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of start

Verb

Shortly after, a heavyset man wearing gray sweats, white socks and black sandals and a black hooded sweatershirt exits the passenger-side door.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Saquon Barkley missed the previous two games because of a hamstring injury before exiting Monday's loss after just nine snaps with a back injury.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of exit

Verb

Or to be up high and see that, down below, a town is just a grid spread out on a map and nothing more, a grid that flickers with lights that spark on as the darkness commences.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
The process, in other words, commences with the industrial production of miniature supernovas.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of commence

Verb

In fact, there is growing concern the current drought will only get worse.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
Mbow Dem got the ball near the right corner of the box, shook Miami right back Gonzalo Lujan before taking a few dribbles to his left and rifling a shot into the left corner of the goal.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of get

Verb

The 5-foot-9 ball handler got to the rim at will and finished several of her drives with a package of crafty hook shots.

— Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
The next generation of Knicks fans got to experience the championship celebration at the Standard Biergarten.

— Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 18 June 2026