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

Student Martynas, whose shoelaces provided endless entertainment for Florrie, said the puppy would be "a very good outlet" for those needing to get something off their chest.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 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

“But I feel like there’s a little bit something off with my timing and being able to kind of feel the distance between the ball and myself.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2024

We’d skateboard to the park, and he’d take his tennis shoes off and rub his feet on the grass like he was wiping something off of them.

From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz