get off

get off
1) (to take off or remove (clothes, marks etc): I can't get my boots off; I'll never get these stains off (my dress).) quitarse; quitar, sacar
2) (to change (the subject which one is talking, writing etc about): We've rather got off the subject.) cambiar de
get off vb bajar / bajarse
the passengers got off the train los pasajeros se bajaron del tren
she got off her bicycle bajó de la bicicleta
get off (on sth.)
expr.
• disfrutar (de algo) expr. (Orgasm)*
expr.
• venirse** (Orgasmo) expr.
1) v + adv v + prep + o
a) (alight, dismount) bajarse

to get off the train/horse/bicycle — bajarse del tren/del caballo/de la bicicleta

b) (remove oneself from) \<\<flowerbed/lawn\>\> salir* de

get off (me)! — quítateme de encima!

to tell somebody where to get off — (colloq) cantarle las cuarenta a algn (fam)

c) (finish) \<\<work/school\>\> salir* de
2) v + adv
a) (leave) \<\<person/letter\>\> salir*
b) (go to sleep) (BrE) dormirse*
c) (escape unpunished, unscathed)

give me the names I want and I'll make sure you get off — dame los nombres que quiero y yo me encargo de que no te pase nada

to get off lightly o (AmE also) easy: I consider I got off lightly with just a broken collar bone creo que tuve suerte al romperme sólo la clavícula; he got off lightly (with little punishment) no recibió el castigo que se merecía; to get off with something: he got off with a fine — se escapó con sólo una multa

3) v + prep + o
a) (get up from) \<\<floor\>\> levantarse de
b) (deviate from) \<\<track/tourist routes\>\> salir* or alejarse de; \<\<point\>\> desviarse* or irse* de

I tried to get him off the subject — intenté hacerlo cambiar de tema

get off it! — (AmE colloq) basta ya!

c) (evade) \<\<duty\>\> librarse or salvarse de
4) v + o + adv v + o + prep + o (remove) \<\<lid/top/stain\>\> quitar

we tried to get them off our land — intentamos echarlos or sacarlos de nuestras tierras

5) v + o + adv
a) (send, see off)

we got the children off to school — mandamos a los niños a la escuela

b) (to sleep) (BrE) \<\<children\>\> (hacer*) dormir*
c) (save from punishment) salvar
6) v + o + prep + o
a) (obtain from) (colloq)

I got these playing cards off Peter — estas cartas me las dio Peter

get his gun off him first — quítale la pistola primero

b) (wean from)

they're trying to get him off drugs — están tratando de que deje la droga

1. VT + ADV
1) (=remove) [+ stain, top, lid] quitar

to get one's clothes off — quitarse la ropa

2) (=send off) [+ letter, telegram] mandar (to a)

to get sb off to school — despachar a algn al colegio

she got the baby off to sleep — logró dormir al niño

3) (=save from punishment)

his lawyer managed to get him off — su abogado logró que se librase del castigo

4) (=have as leave) [+ day, time] tener libre

we get a day off on the Queen's birthday — nos dan un día libre en el cumpleaños de la reina

5) (=learn) aprender

to get sth off by heart — aprender algo de memoria

6) (=rescue) rescatar
2. VT + PREP
1) (=cause to give up)

to get sb off — [+ drugs, alcohol, addiction] hacer que algn deje

get 1., 1)
2) (=remove)

get your dog off me! — ¡quítame al perro de encima!

3. VI + PREP
1) (=descend from) [+ bus, train, bike, horse] bajarse de, apearse de frm

to get off sb's back —

I wish he would get off my back! * — ¡ojalá me dejara en paz!

high 1., 3)
2) (=leave) salir de

get off my land! — ¡sal de mis tierras!

get off my foot! — ¡deja de pisarme el pie!

I couldn't get off the phone — no podía colgar el teléfono

what time do you get off work/school? — ¿a qué hora sales del trabajo/del colegio?

3) (=move away from)

• let's get off this subject — cambiemos de tema, dejemos el tema

we've rather got off the subject — nos hemos alejado bastante del tema

4) * (=escape) [+ chore etc] escaquearse de *

she got off the washing-up — se escaqueó de lavar los platos

5) (=get up from) levantarse de

why don't you get off your backside and do some work? ** — ¿por qué no mueves el trasero y te pones a hacer algo de trabajo? **

6) (=give up) [+ drugs, alcohol, addiction] dejar
4. VI + ADV
1) (from bus, train, bike, horse) bajarse, apearse frm

get off! — (=let go) ¡suelta!

- tell sb where to get off
2) (=leave) partir

we got off at 6am — partimos a las 6 de la mañana

can you get off early tomorrow? — (from work) ¿puedes salir del trabajo temprano mañana?

3) (=escape injury, punishment) librarse

he got off — se libró (del castigo)

• you're not going to get off that lightly! — ¡no se va a librar con tan poco!

he got off lightly, he could have been killed — tuvo suerte, podría haberse matado

they got off lightly, we should have killed them — no se llevaron lo que se merecían, deberíamos haberlos matado

• he got off with a fine — se libró con una multa

4)

to get off (to sleep) — dormirse

* * *
1) v + adv v + prep + o
a) (alight, dismount) bajarse

to get off the train/horse/bicycle — bajarse del tren/del caballo/de la bicicleta

b) (remove oneself from) \<\<flowerbed/lawn\>\> salir* de

get off (me)! — quítateme de encima!

to tell somebody where to get off — (colloq) cantarle las cuarenta a algn (fam)

c) (finish) \<\<work/school\>\> salir* de
2) v + adv
a) (leave) \<\<person/letter\>\> salir*
b) (go to sleep) (BrE) dormirse*
c) (escape unpunished, unscathed)

give me the names I want and I'll make sure you get off — dame los nombres que quiero y yo me encargo de que no te pase nada

to get off lightly o (AmE also) easy: I consider I got off lightly with just a broken collar bone creo que tuve suerte al romperme sólo la clavícula; he got off lightly (with little punishment) no recibió el castigo que se merecía; to get off with something: he got off with a fine — se escapó con sólo una multa

3) v + prep + o
a) (get up from) \<\<floor\>\> levantarse de
b) (deviate from) \<\<track/tourist routes\>\> salir* or alejarse de; \<\<point\>\> desviarse* or irse* de

I tried to get him off the subject — intenté hacerlo cambiar de tema

get off it! — (AmE colloq) basta ya!

c) (evade) \<\<duty\>\> librarse or salvarse de
4) v + o + adv v + o + prep + o (remove) \<\<lid/top/stain\>\> quitar

we tried to get them off our land — intentamos echarlos or sacarlos de nuestras tierras

5) v + o + adv
a) (send, see off)

we got the children off to school — mandamos a los niños a la escuela

b) (to sleep) (BrE) \<\<children\>\> (hacer*) dormir*
c) (save from punishment) salvar
6) v + o + prep + o
a) (obtain from) (colloq)

I got these playing cards off Peter — estas cartas me las dio Peter

get his gun off him first — quítale la pistola primero

b) (wean from)

they're trying to get him off drugs — están tratando de que deje la droga


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