off of

UK/ˈɒfəv/UK, reduced/ˈɒfə/US/ˈɑfəv/

preposition

Off; from, off from.

“The story is based off of historical accounts.”

Opposite
First used 15th c.

Meanings

preposition
  1. colloquialOff; from, off from.First known use 15th c.

    The story is based off of historical accounts.

    5 more examples

    Card. What, art thou lame? Simpc. I, God Almightie helpe me. Suff. How cam'st thou so? Simpc. A fall off of a Tree.

    1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]

    Do, my dearest child, get me off of this difficulty, and I can have no other […].

    1741, [Samuel Richardson], Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: […] C[harles] Rivington, […]; and J. Osborn, […], →OCLC

    The coach bounced up and down in such a terrific way that it jolted the buttons all off of Horace’s coat, […]

    1870–1871 (date written), Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XX, in Roughing It, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company [et al.], published 1872, →OCLC, page 151

    "The green curtains that hung there for years and years... have been taken down and the blood-red cardinal velvet curtains have been hung up, and they have taken the green top off of the President's desk and put a red one on that..."

    1928 September 28, “Eye of Gawd”, in Time

    You're just too good to be true / I Can't take my eyes off of you.

    1967, Bob Crewe / Bob Gaudio, Can't Take My Eyes Off You

    Antonyms: onto

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositionOff; from, off from.

Opposite
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Chicago

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