OFF OF


Meaning of OFF OF in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ preposition ]

Date: 1567

: off

Usage:

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.

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.