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. [Colloq.] — To come off, To cut off, To fall off, To go 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. [Colloq.] — To take off, to mimic or personate. — To tell off (Mil.),
to divide and practice a regiment or company in the several formations, preparatory to marching to the
general parade for field exercises. Farrow. — To be well off, to be in good condition. — To be ill
off, To be badly off, to be in poor condition.
Off
(Off) interj. Away; begone; — a command to depart.
Off
(Off), prep. Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed; two miles off the shore. Addison.
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, to be of a wrong color. — To be off one's food, to have no appetite. (Colloq.)
Off
(Off), a.
1. 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.
2. 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.
"In the off season." Thackeray.
Off side. (a) The right hand side in driving; the farther side. See Gee. (b) (Cricket) See Off, n.
Off
(Off), n. (Cricket) The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket keeper.
