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Idioms and Phrases

Away from, from, as in Don't take your eyes off of the road , or Can I borrow ten dollars off of you? This seemingly ungrammatical idiom has been used since the 1600s and remains current, but more in oral than written communications. Also see under get off , def. 8.
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So, I came up with the five Vs based on what I learned about happiness and research, and derived them based off of things that I felt that people needed to do in order to overcome trauma and how to find sustainable joy.

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But it was his take on crowd work — where stand-up comedians base their material off of improvised interactions with the audience — that got people’s attention.

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He drew off of my Social Security since he did not pay in.

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Dice is excited to provide a safe space for artists and promoters to host events without the inherent exclusivity of a DIY space, where venue addresses often are left off of flyers as a protective measure.

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“If we’re wanting to win at the highest level, he’s gotta be elite. And that’s not to put pressure on him because he has guys that can take that pressure off of him. But we need him on the floor. We need him to stay out of foul trouble. We need him to lay off the referees. He’s gotta be locked in.”

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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