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  1. So as to be removed or distant from: The bird hopped off the branch.
  2. Away or relieved from: off duty.
    1. By consuming: living off locusts and honey.
    2. With the means provided by: living off my pension.
    3. Informal. From: "What else do you want off me?"(Jimmy Breslin).
  3. Extending or branching out from: an artery off the heart.
  4. Not up to the usual standard of: off his game.
  5. So as to abstain from: went off narcotics.
  6. Nautical. To seaward of: a mile off Sandy Hook.
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