off of

Off; from, off from.

Preposition

  1. Off; from, off from.
    • The story is based off of historical accounts.
    • 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...
    • 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,...

    Antonyms: onto