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

"If you bought something off Amazon, or something in a shop, you could go back. If the builder doing your house made a mistake you'd be complaining but we can't," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 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

Robbie was familiar with the household and would have started something off, but he too was in turmoil.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan