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Word entry · 3 letters

off

Best crossword clue

"Away from work"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /ɒf/Part of speech adjective, adverb, verbSorted ffoStarts with OEnds with F5 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Not operating; away

Word origin

From Middle English of, from Old English of, af, æf (“from, off, away”), from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“from, off, back”). Doublet of of.

Used in a sentence

  • He drove off in a cloud of smoke.
  • The Conception caught fire around 3:14 a.m. on Labor Day off Santa Cruz Island, about 20 miles away from the coast of mainland California. It was the last day of a three-day diving trip.
  • Please switch off the light when you leave.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues

01Away from work3 letters
02Not on3 letters
03Not operating3 letters
04Not switched on3 letters
05Not on duty3 letters

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