To want off

You can rephrase the concrete sentence but it depends on the context.

I want off at the next stop = I leave(go out) at the next stop

I have spoken English all my life, and I've never heard of a phrasal verb "want off". There is the verb "want", of course, and the adjective or adverb "off", but I can't imagine what you're talking about. Can you give us a sentence that uses "want off"?

CJ

Hello and thanks to both for the responses.

I´m now confused, does it exist or not?

I heard the verb "to want off" in a song and I could not imagine what does it mean. I think this song says: "Now I want this off"

Thanks

Pamela

Pamela81I think this song says: "Now I want this off"

I don't know the song or anything more about it, so I don't know how to help you on this one.

Here's one possible scenario, though I can't believe it would occur in a song:

A parent makes a rule that his child may not watch TV after 10 pm. The parent finds the child watching TV after 10.

Hello CJ,

I forgot to write what comes after these words: "I want off this ride" so I think you are right, you wrote good examples and now it makes sense!

thanks

Have a nice day

Pamela

Dear CJ,

I've never heard too.But I checked the following link and found something:

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/want+off

Regards

Iman

Thanks for the info. It seems that it really exists in the form: "to want off of ..something" maybe it is rare but possible to say...

Pamela81I want off this ride

This is a short form of "I want to get off (of) this ride". It may be used literally when someone on a carnival ride is beginning to get sick, for example. (See below.) Or it may be used figuratively to mean that the speaker does not want to continue doing something which is unpleasant.

CJ

I want to be taken off this project.

Can the sentence be reduced to "I want off this project?"

holydukeI want to be taken off this project.

Can the sentence be reduced to "I want off this project?"

Yes. Like the previous example, it's slang, but you can do it.

CJ