read off
Third Person
reads off
Present Participle
reading off
Past Tense
read off
Past Participle
read off
1
to read items from a list
- The teacher asked each student to read off their favorite book from a list.
- She read off the names of the prize winners at the event.
- During the presentation, she will read off the key points on the slides.
- Read the items off the grocery list and check which ones we need to buy.
- Please read the questions off the survey, and I'll provide the answers.
2
to announce information from a written or visual source
- Can you read off the measurements from the ruler?
- Please read off the weight on the bathroom scale and record it.
- The nurse will read off your blood pressure from the monitor.
- She read the numbers off the chart during the presentation.
- The news anchor will read the headlines off the teleprompter.
3
to deliver a sharp verbal reprimand
- The sergeant read him off for being late.
- She got read off after breaking formation.
- The captain read off the recruits for sloppy uniforms.
- He was read off in front of the whole unit.
- They read off the soldier for not following orders.