off of
1.(now colloquial) Off; from. [from 15th c.]
c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, part 2, First Folio 1623, III.1:
Card. What, art thou lame?
Simpc. I, God Almightie helpe me.
Suff. How cam'st thou so?
Simpc. A fall off of a Tree.
##1740, Samuel Richardson, Pamela:
Do, my dearest child, get me off of this difficulty, and I can have no other
[...].
##1928, "Eye of Gawd", Time, 28 Sep 1928:
"The green curtains that hung there for years and years... have been taken
down and the blood-red cardinal velvet curtains have been hung up, and they
have taken the green top off of the President's desk and put a red one on
that..."
##1967, Bob Crewe / Bob Gaudio, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You":
You're just too good to be true / I Can't take my eyes off of you.
Usage notes[edit]
The use of off of as a preposition is now considered tautological and/or
incorrect by some usage guides and is not suitable for formal or business
use. Off of can be replaced with on, "from" or off: "This is based on (based
off of) his first book"; "He took a paper off (off of) his desk". "I got the
information from ("off of") the Internet"
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