off-ramp

noun

: a ramp by which one leaves a limited-access highway

Examples of off-ramp in a Sentence

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Don’t expect Atkins to necessarily provide an off-ramp. Brian Barrett, WIRED, 15 Jan. 2025 And in the panic, even routine law enforcement presence at strip malls and freeway off-ramps was, at times, conflated online with immigration roundups. Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025 Detour Drivers can use the northbound Loop 101 on-ramp and southbound off-ramp at Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard. Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 10 Jan. 2025 Six lanes of traffic, three in each direction, plus a freeway off-ramp merging onto Florin Road at the end of a gentle hill where delivery trucks and cars full of commuters fight for space. Ryan Lillis, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for off-ramp 

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of off-ramp was in 1939

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“Off-ramp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-ramp. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

off-ramp

noun
ˈȯf-ˌramp
: a ramp by which one leaves a limited-access highway
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