Phrasal Verb: GET (2)

to get off: 

1- to exit/leave a bus
" We have to get off at the next stop."

2-to finish your job for the day and go home
"What time do you get off usually?"
"I get off at 5 Monday-Friday"

3- to hang up/stop talking on the phone
"Get off the phone! I need to make a call." 

to get off to a good/bad start- to start in a particular way
"My morning got off to a horrible start. I ran out of milk, I missed my bus and I lost my cellphone."

to get off s.o's back- used to tell someone to stop annoying you with question or criticism
"Mom! Get off my back! Stop nagging me!"

to be on s.o.'s back-  to be trying to make someone do something they do not want to do:
"Why is my boss always on my back about everything!"

to get around to doing s.t. -to do something that you have been intending to do for some time
"I finally got around to cleaning my room. I had been putting it off for so long." 
"I didn't get around to phoning you yesterday because I was way too busy."  
 
to get ahead: to do better/be more successful  than others in your career
"Being able to speak English is important to get ahead."

"Getting ahead in your career requires hard work, commitment and making sacrifices."


to get out of doing s.t.: to avoid doing s.t. you promised or are supposed to do it
" I can't get out of going to the meeting." 
 "He always tries to get out of doing his chores"
"If I get takeout tonight, I can get out of cooking dinner."