off of

Preposition

Meaning

off of

(now colloquial) Off; from. [from 15th c.]

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again. Rosa Parks

Well, I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have your basic melody and then you just riff off of it. And the riffs are about timing. Kathy Acker

All human errors are impatience, a premature breaking off of methodical procedure, an apparent fencing-in of what is apparently at issue. Franz Kafka

Don't swear off of beggary and jail. Russian Proverb

Even the smallest will take off of the ground. Finnish Proverb

A cute lamb can suck off of two mothers. Croatian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

off message off my game off my hands off on the wrong foot off one's box off one's chump