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off-ramp
[ awf-ramp, of- ]
noun
- an exit lane for traffic from a turnpike or freeway to a street.
off-ramp
noun
- a short steep one-way road by which traffic can leave a motorway or highway
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of off-ramp1
Example Sentences
Boasberg gave the government one last off-ramp: It could, he wrote, “purge†the contempt by “asserting custody†over these individuals and giving them a chance to contest their treatment.
When reporters asked Trump if he was really considering shipping citizens to a foreign prison, Trump failed to take the off-ramp.
"There's no off-ramp. Who determines how long the shutdown would last? Only those evil people," he said.
It dodged a freeway project in the 1950s, moving its location to make way for an off-ramp.
“I feel that in the agency’s best interests, and its employees and our public, I think this has gone on long enough, and we have a window right now to bring about some sort of off-ramp to all of this,†Jung said.
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