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How to pronounce off in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bump off, dispatch, hit, murder, polish off, remove, slay
Type of kill
Has types execute, burke
Type Words
Synonyms away, forth


went off to school.
they drove off.
Type Words
Synonyms cancelled


the wedding is definitely off.
Type Words
Synonyms sour, turned
Type Words
Synonyms away


the boat was 5 miles off (or away).
the party is still 2 weeks off (or away).
Type Words


an off year for tennis.
his performance was off.
Type Words


the oven is off.
the lights are off.
Type Words


He's off every Tuesday.

Examples of off

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Make sure you have plenty of ventilation to dry things off when they do get wet.
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The three construction workers continued to laugh it off and harass our actress.
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Is there evidence that a supplement would be useful in helping fight off a cold?
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I've used them before and place a large vase by the legs to finish off the look.
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He was also one of his team's top rushers and hardly ever came off of the field.
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When their gas bill exceeded $1,000 18 months ago, the utility cut off them off.
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In that event, new teachers wouldn't help pay off the pensions already promised.
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The ball ricocheted off the Bulldog post and out of the reach of the goalkeeper.
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After that 2-0 defeat the Rebels have ripped off 14 victories and have one draw.
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More examples
  • Away: from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; "go forth and preach"
  • Murder: kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
  • Not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the lights are off"
  • At a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the 18th century"
  • Below a satisfactory level; "an off year for tennis"; "his performance was off"
  • (of events) no longer planned or scheduled; "the wedding is definitely off"
  • OFF! is a well-known insect repellent brand from S.C. Johnson and produced in Finland. Its active ingredient is DEET (N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide). It was first sold in the mid-1950s.
  • Off is the latest album of Kurdish artist Ciwan Haco. It has been released in April 2006 in Europe. It features 13 songs, including the electro-pop Li hu00EAviya te and several ballads. All songs are mainly sung in the Kurdish language, although a small part of the song "Li hu00EAviya te" features brief French language vocals (though sung by a woman, and not by Ciwan Haco himself).
  • OFF! is an American punk rock band.