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Tenacious Learner Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Could they be suitable synonyms? (9-5)

Hi teachers,
Could they be suitable synonyms for 'get off' in the following sentence?
a) leave (it)
b) descend (from it)

There’s someone on a bike! And look! He is going to get off.

Thanks in advance.
  

Top answer

'Leave' = move away from. B is possible but really rather weird. Only 'get off' seems natural to me, though in the old days they 'dismounted'.

— Mister Micawber

  • 'Leave' = move away from.
  • B is possible but really rather weird.
  • Only 'get off' seems natural to me, though in the old days they 'dismounted'.
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'Leave' = move away from. B is possible but really rather weird. Only 'get off' seems natural to me, though in the old days they 'dismounted'.
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Mister Micawber… though in the old days they 'dismounted'.
Ah! I rather like that. I'm going to start saying that.
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Mister Micawberthough in the old days they 'dismounted'.
Hi Mister Micawber,
Thank you for your reply. I though 'dismount' was only for horses. On a second thought, it also means 'remove'.

TS
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