English - English (Wordnet) dictionary
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Verb
- deliver verbally
- He got off the best line I've heard in a long time
- get high, stoned, or drugged
- send via the postal service
- I'll mail you the check tomorrow
- get out of quickly
- The officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked car
- escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
- She gets away with murder!
- I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities
- cause to be acquitted; get off the hook; in a legal case
- The lawyer got him off, even though there was no doubt in everybody's mind that he killed his wife
- transfer
- The spy sent the classified information off to Russia
- be relieved of one's duties temporarily
- leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.