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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If Comcast made hundreds of millions of dollars off of CNBC or MSNBC, the pressure would be not to reinvest it into us, but instead to build more fiber cable in Bismarck or something like that.
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Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025
Fresh off of his 10th annual Crash My Playa festival in Cancun, Mexico, Luke Bryan is gearing up to bring those same party vibes into the summer, announcing that his upcoming 30-plus city Country Song Came On Tour will launch in May.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 27 Jan. 2025
The team will add a key rotation piece Saturday with Jarred Vanderbilt officially cleared and off of the injury report the team released Friday afternoon.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Using clean fingers, grab the tip of the skin on one end of one of these wedges, and gently peel the skin off of the flesh.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Jan. 2025
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Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025
Fresh off of his 10th annual Crash My Playa festival in Cancun, Mexico, Luke Bryan is gearing up to bring those same party vibes into the summer, announcing that his upcoming 30-plus city Country Song Came On Tour will launch in May.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 27 Jan. 2025
The team will add a key rotation piece Saturday with Jarred Vanderbilt officially cleared and off of the injury report the team released Friday afternoon.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Using clean fingers, grab the tip of the skin on one end of one of these wedges, and gently peel the skin off of the flesh.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Off of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off%20of. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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