get off

Example Sentences

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That still isn’t a lot to pay if you can get off the couch and build lasting change.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

But the response has been slow to get off the ground in a province where state services have been largely absent from rural areas for decades.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

After Friday's official weigh-ins, Rousey waited for Carano to get off the scales and greeted her with a hug after she made weight for their featherweight bout.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

In Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America,” Roy M. Cohn, trying to assuage an angry client he can’t get off the phone, offers theater tickets to a show he knows that this annoying rube will like.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Sal gives the others some kind of signal and they get off their bikes, leaving them on the ground almost forming a barrier round us.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler