Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jet off

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables: jet off
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To go by airplane to a destination.

Intransitive verb

verb

To depart hurriedly.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"By then the summer surge was already dwindling, as travellers switched to the roads or jetted off to beach resorts abroad."
"“Clown Without Pity,” as the segment is called, opens with Homer forgetting Bart’s birthday and jetting off at the last minute (or rather considerably after the last minute) to pick him up a present."

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

jets off (present, singular) jetting off (participle, present) jetted off (participle, past) jetted off (past)

Questions

What does jet off mean?: To go by airplane to a destination.

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