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Preposition edit

from off

  1. off from; off
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, [] (King James Version), London: [] Robert Barker, [], →OCLC, Isaiah 6:6:
      a live coal [] taken with the tongs from off the altar
    • 1900, Richard Marsh, The Houseboat:
      Taking an envelope from an inner pocket of his ulster he began to wipe the blood from off the blade.
    • 2015, Tamsyn Murray, Completely Cassidy – Star Reporter:
      I thought that was some bloke from off the telly until I tapped his name into a search engine and found out that he was this amazing revolutionary who really rocked the beret and got a lot of stuff done.