get off
— phrasal verb with get /ɡet/ verb (present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US gotten)Definition
› to leave a place, usually in order to start a journey: If we can get off by seven o'clock, the roads will be clearer.Departing › informal to leave work with permission, usually at the end of the day: How early can you get off this afternoon?Retiring and resigning from work
(Definition of get off from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- abdicate verb (KING/QUEEN)
- attrition noun
- bow out phrasal verb
- chuck sth in phrasal verb
- departure noun (LEAVING)
- golden parachute noun
- leave the field clear for sb idiom
- natural wastage noun
- outgoing adjective (LEAVING)
- pension noun
- pension sb off phrasal verb
- redundancy payment noun
- resignation noun (JOB)
- retire verb (STOP WORKING)
- retired adjective
- retiree noun
- retirement noun
- retiring adjective (STOP WORKING)
- stand aside phrasal verb
- turnover noun (EMPLOYEES)
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