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Hasibul Alam Posted 6 years ago
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I can not understand use of "read off" This sentence

“I never got that read off you, Detective Lee Keller, not even once”
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e. learnt or detected, from someone's behaviour. "off" is informal for "from".

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  • e.
  • learnt or detected, from someone's behaviour.
  • "off" is informal for "from".
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"read" is a noun here, referring to something that is figuratively "read", i.e. learnt or detected, from someone's behaviour. "off" is informal for "from".

"I never got that read off you" therefore, in the context, means something like "I never detected that you felt that way about me."

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