get off work vs leave work

Both 'get off work' and 'leave work' are correct phrases used to indicate the end of a workday. They are interchangeable and can be used based on personal preference or regional variations.

Last updated: April 01, 2024 • 163 views

get off work

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate the end of a workday.

This phrase is used to express the action of finishing work for the day and leaving the workplace.

Examples:

I usually get off work at 5 p.m.
What time do you get off work today?
She gets off work early on Fridays.
Let's grab dinner after we get off work.
He gets off work late tonight.

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Can't you get off work and go to the school board meeting instead of me?
Just waiting for my brother to get off work.
Well, waiting for her to get off work.
It's just that that's when I get off work.
That's when I get off work.
When you get off work come right home.
Mine is to wait here for May to get off work.
Ted, when I get off work, it's 5:30 in the morning.
I see, let's buy it together when I get off work.
So he broke into the back of the van, and then waited for Carson to get off work.
Can we wait till I get off work?
What time does Joe silman get off work?
What time do you get off work?
There's no point in waiting for Seung Jo to get off work
Did you lay in wait in the parking lot for her to get off work?
Well, what time do you get off work?
I get off work at eight.
Come home when you get off work.
I couldn't get off work this week.

Alternatives:

finish work
end work
clock out
knock off work
wrap up work

leave work

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate the action of departing from the workplace at the end of the workday.

This phrase is used to convey the idea of finishing work and going home or to another location.

Examples:

I need to leave work early today.
Let's leave work on time today.
She always leaves work late.
Do you usually leave work at this hour?
We can leave work together.

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Dad won't let me leave work...
I can't leave work until five o'clock.
According to the national weather service, you should, and I quote, leave work, get in your purple Bentley,
Sometimes the need of continuous assistance may induce the carer to leave work.
Finish all this before you leave work today.
Beginning to see it, I repeatedly asked to leave work.
The only thing That I did wrong Was leave work Without telling my boss.
Relax, leave work and enjoy.
Everyone write a sentence before you leave work.
You haul my daughter down here in the middle of the day, I have to leave work...
I am so sorry that I couldn't leave work when the school called.
Call tomorrow on the phone and tell them that you are forced to leave work for family reasons.
So I can leave work and start writing.
But what if you do have a kid and you have to leave work because your daughter shot her choir teacher's husband?
If we don't leave work at work, then it's work 24-7.
She has the right to leave work if she has to go to a Ante-natal examination if the examinations are during working hours.
I won't have to leave work early.
Alex, I need to leave work early today.
When you leave work, bring your brain with you.

Alternatives:

finish work
get off work
clock out
knock off work
wrap up work

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