Off

Pronunciation: ǒf; 115

adv.

In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:

Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off.

Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation; as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off, to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to fly off, and the like.

Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement, interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off.

Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away; as, to look off.

Denoting opposition or negation.

The questions no way touch upon puritanism, either off or on.

- Bp. Sanderson.

From off
off from; off.

Off and on
a -	Not constantly; not regularly; now and then; occasionally. - Is. vi. 6.
b -	(Naut.) On different tacks, now toward, and now away from, the land.

To be off
a -	To depart; to escape; as, he was off without a moment's warning.
b -	To be abandoned, as an agreement or purpose; as, the bet was declared to be off.

To come off
etc. See under Come, Cut, Fall, Go, etc.

To get off
a -	To utter; to discharge; as, to get off a joke.
b -	To go away; to escape; as, to get off easily from a trial.

To take off
to mimic, lampoon, or impersonate.

To tell off
a -	(Mil.) to divide and practice a regiment or company in the several formations, preparatory to marching to the general parade for field exercises.
b -	to rebuke (a person) for an improper action; to scold; to reprimand. - Farrow.

To be well off
to be in good condition.

To be ill off
to be in poor condition.

interj.

Away; begone; - a command to depart.

prep.

Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed; two miles off the shore.

Off hand
See Offhand.

Off side
(Football) out of play; - said when a player has got in front of the ball in a scrimmage, or when the ball has been last touched by one of his own side behind him.

To be off color
a -	to be of a wrong color.
b -	to be mildly obscene.

To be off one's food
to have no appetite; to be eating less than usual.

On the farther side; most distant; on the side of an animal or a team farthest from the driver when he is on foot; in the United States, the right side; as, the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse or ox; the off leg.

Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from his post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent; as, he took an off day for fishing: an off year in politics.

Designating a time when one's performance is below normal; as, he had an off day.

Off side
a -	The right hand side in driving; the farther side.
b -	(Cricket) See Off, n.

(Cricket) The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket keeper.

Adj.	1.	off - not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the lights are off" Antonyms: on - in operation or operational; "left the oven on"; "the switch is in the on position"
	2.	off - below a satisfactory level; "an off year for tennis"; "his performance was off"
	3.	off - (of events) no longer planned or scheduled; "the wedding is definitely off" Synonyms: cancelled Antonyms: on - (of events) planned or scheduled; "the picnic is on, rain or shine"; "we have nothing on for Friday night"
	4.	off - in an unpalatable state; "sour milk" Synonyms: turned, sour
	5.	off - not performing or scheduled for duties; "He's off every Tuesday"; "he was off duty when it happened"; "an off-duty policeman" Synonyms: off duty, off-duty
Adv.	1.	off - from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; "go forth and preach" Synonyms: away, forth
	2.	off - at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the 18th century" Synonyms: away
	3.	off - no longer on or in contact or attached; "clean off the dirt"; "he shaved off his mustache"

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