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1. figure on p.v. When youfigure on something, you expect it or plan for it.
/ didn'tfigure on such cold weather. I wish I'd brought a coat.
You canfigure on spending a least hundred bucks if you're going to that restaurant.
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| get off | ||||
| get off & gets off | getting off | got off | gotten/got off |
1. get off p.v. When youget off a bus, airplane, or train, you leave it.
The bus stopped and Igot off.
You can'tget off the train while it's moving.
2. get off p.v. When you are standing, lying, or sitting on something, such as a horse, bicycle, motorcycle, stage, platform, or piece of furniture, and you step down from it onto the ground, youget off it.
You're so lazy. Why don't youget off the couch and help me? Get off your bicycle and come inside.
3. get off p.v. When you are standing within an area of ground, or on something that covers an area of ground, and you move to the side of it and step off of it, you get off it.
The referee told the player toget off the field. You're standing on our beach blanket —get offit!
4. get... off p.v. When youget somethingoff, you remove it even though it may be difficult.
/ can'tget this paint off my hands. The top of this bottle is on so tight I cannotget itoff.
5. get... off p.v. When youget a certain period of timeoff, you are allowed by your employer to miss work during this period.
Pregnant women usuallyget three monthsoff with pay. Could Iget tomorrow morningoff to go to the doctor?
6. get off p.v. When youget off, orget off work, you finish that day's work and leave your place of employment.
Sally said she wouldn'tget off work until 6:00. I haven'tgotten off early all week.
7. get... off p.v. When you do something wrong but are not punished, or you are punished only lightly for it, youget off. Someone who helps you to avoid punishmentgets youoff.
He killed four people, but hegot off with only three years in jail. If his lawyer hadn't been so incompetent, he would have gotten him off with a lighter sentence.
8. get off p.v. When you stop talking on the telephone, youget off the telephone.
Get off the phone — I need to use it! It's late, we'd betterget off the phone.
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| go beyond | ||||
| go beyond & goes beyond | going beyond | went beyond | gone beyond |
1. go beyond p.v. When people or things are better or worse, or do something in a better or worse way than is normal or expected, theygo beyond what is normal or expected.
Did you say Jackson's new book is good? I think itgoes beyond good — it's fantastic! Sam's wife discovered that he wasn't just friends with his secretary; their relationship went waybeyond friendship.