Sentence examples for were off from inspiring English sources

'were off' is correct and usable in written English; it is a shortened form of 'we are off'
It is typically used as an informal way to say that one is leaving or has left a place. For example: We said our goodbyes and then were off.

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were off

verb

To kill.

  • He got in the way so I had him offed.

Exact(58)

(The lights were off).

Its lights were off.

All the lights were off.

The Jets were off Wednesday.

Then the riders were off.

"They were off the charts.

And then we were off.

We were off and rolling.

The Giants were off.

Finally, we were off.

And we were off.

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