- Dismount or leave a vehicle. 2. Start or depart. 3. Fire ammunition or send away. 4. Escape punishment or receive a lesser penalty. 5. Remove something. 6. Succeed in uttering something, especially a joke. 7. Have the effrontery to do or say something. 8. Experience orgasm.
Examples:
- He apologized so profusely that he was sure to get off.
Origin: late 1600s