base off of

verb

To base on.

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Meanings

verbbase off of (third-person singular simple present bases off of, present participle basing off of, simple past and past participle based off of)

present singular third person bases off of · participle present basing off of · participle past based off of · past based off of

  1. USditransitiveinformalTo base on.

    They wanted something like a '70s thriller, so I based it off of The Man with the Golden Gun poster.

    2015, Eric Nolen-Weathington, Modern Masters Volume 30: Paolo Rivera, page 40
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    A lot of artists put skits in their records, but they based it off of De La Soul. We didn't base ours off of De La Soul, we based ours off of ours, because we were the first group to actually split up a rap album and not go cut for cut.

    2006, Chuck D, Yusuf Jah, Chuck D: Lyrics of a Rap Revolutionary, volume 1

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “base off of,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/base%20off%20of.

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