Usage of Off of
The of is often criticized as superfluous, a comment that is irrelevant because off of is an idiom. It is much more common in speech than in edited writing and is more common in American English than in British.
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Pablo López raced off the mound, chasing after a ball that deflected off of his foot.
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Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 20 Sep. 2025
With a tight runtime and 10 freewheeling new songs, the band embraces the energy of its beloved live show throughout the new project, as the members jam out in the studio while riffing off of one another to make a collaborative, occasionally improvisational project.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2025
The program, which officially launched in May, brings together brands, payment processors and e-commerce platforms like Amazon, eBay and Alibaba to develop best practices and work to get fakes off of online marketplaces.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge,paige Tortorelli, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
In the aftermath, authorities retrieved thousands of chat logs linked to Gendron off of Discord, which were written in the form of an online diary and dated over a stretch of several months.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2025
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Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 20 Sep. 2025
With a tight runtime and 10 freewheeling new songs, the band embraces the energy of its beloved live show throughout the new project, as the members jam out in the studio while riffing off of one another to make a collaborative, occasionally improvisational project.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2025
The program, which officially launched in May, brings together brands, payment processors and e-commerce platforms like Amazon, eBay and Alibaba to develop best practices and work to get fakes off of online marketplaces.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge,paige Tortorelli, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
In the aftermath, authorities retrieved thousands of chat logs linked to Gendron off of Discord, which were written in the form of an online diary and dated over a stretch of several months.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Off of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off%20of. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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