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  1. be offverb

    To leave.

  2. be offverb

    To be working against a present or former addiction to (something.)

  3. be offverb

    To be away from (something.)

  4. be offverb

    To be in possession of money (unexpressed) or something else (expressed).

  5. Etymology: to be + off

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of be off in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of be off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of be off in a Sentence

  1. Martin Hinton:

    When they scream and curse at me, it takes my head off the game, its very annoying because if Jay Paris tells you to do something and the parents telling you to do something different, youre like, What should I do ?

  2. George Will:

    The gap between ideals and actualities, between dreams and achievements, the gap that can spur strong men to increased exertions, but can break the spirit of others -- this gap is the most conspicuous, continuous land mark in American history. It is conspicuous and continuous not because Americans achieve little, but because they dream grandly. The gap is a standing reproach to Americans; but it marks them off as a special and singularly admirable community among the world's peoples.

  3. Frances Donald:

    I have less conviction capex will take off markedly, but if we do see an improvement, that would be a substantial surprise.

  4. Tyrone Moseley:

    One of the workers, she came outside. I asked her and said, ‘Do you know anything about this? Is this how y'all put the name of your customers on your receipt?’ She was like, ‘Ugh… no.’ But then she kind of giggled and just walked off and kept going.

  5. Leah Oppenzato:

    It's great that both series -- 'Who Was?' and 'Magic Tree House' -- teach about history in an engaging way, too often, kids are turned off by nonfiction, including biographies, because the writing is dry and boring. I see this with my seventh-graders. These books for younger kids might help kids actually not develop that 'boring!' reaction to begin with.


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