How to use "off" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "off" in popular movie and book plots

  • The Duke pursues the group onto the heavily mined 69th street bridge, setting off mines as he tries to catch up.  - Escape from New York
  • The player cannot navigate the ship off of Phobos alone and sees that the only way out is to fight through the Phobos complex.  - Doom (1993 video game)
  • Fate conspires against him again when Helsing finds the crucifix in the possession of one of the servants who stole it off Lucy's corpse.  - Dracula
  • His father took him to find assistance at Marbule, but Serge's boat blew off course due to a raging magnetic storm caused by Schala.  - Chrono Cross
  • Wally goes off to serve in the Second World War and his plane is shot down over Burma.  - The Cider House Rules
  • His coach Sam Mussabini is overcome that the years of dedication and training have paid off with an Olympic gold medal.  - Chariots of Fire
  • Due to poor visibility, Janet drives her car off the road and into a ravine.  - Bride of the Monster
  • This final episode features a cameo by Straczynski as the technician who switches off the lights before Babylon 5 is demolished.  - Babylon 5
  • After a fight in which Batman knocks her off a building, Catwoman survives by landing in a truck full of kitty litter.  - Batman Returns
  • Batman, who survived the crash, fends off the Joker's remaining men despite his injuries, and confronts the Joker.  - Batman (1989 film)
  • Seething with hatred, Barry savagely assaults Bullingdon until he is pulled off by the guests.  - Barry Lyndon
  • The two friends ride off into the sunset—in a chauffeured stretch limousine.  - Blazing Saddles
  • As Schub runs off to warn Cora, Fay seeks out Hapgood in his hotel, and the two seduce each other in the style of a French romantic film.  - Anyone Can Whistle
  • The town has not changed since he went off to war; however, he finds that he does "not belong here anymore, it is a foreign world".  - All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Tarrou tells Rieux the story of his life and, to take their mind off the epidemic, the two men go swimming together in the sea.  - The Plague
  • The animals remain convinced that they are better off than they were under mr Jones.  - Animal Farm

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