off-ramp

noun

: a ramp by which one leaves a limited-access highway

Examples of off-ramp in a Sentence

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The officer made contact with the person near the Cesar Chavez Street off-ramp, according to police. Jason Green, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025 The chase spanned northbound Interstate 15, eastbound state Route 94 and southbound Interstate 805, where Salgado crashed into the victims’ vehicle at the 43rd Street off-ramp. City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025 The incremental packages have the potential to alter the TV landscape by giving consumers and easy on- and off-ramp to access programming. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2025 The foot of off-ramps will get some work so disabled people can more easily cross those ramps while pedestrians, and new overhead signs. Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for off-ramp

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of off-ramp was in 1939

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“Off-ramp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-ramp. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

off-ramp

noun
ˈȯf-ˌramp
: a ramp by which one leaves a limited-access highway
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