off-ramp
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noun
an exit lane for traffic from a turnpike or freeway to a street.
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| off-ramp | |
| —n | |
| a short steep one-way road by which traffic can leave a motorway or highway | |
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Off-ramp
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Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
| Main Entry: | off-ramp |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a one-way lane for departing a main highway |
Example sentences
The car flees into an off-ramp and, precipitate, stops with a rubber-mouse squeak of tires.
The show's off-ramp, rectilinear galleries provide oases of discrimination.
They came from businesses that opened near a town's new train station or the new off-ramp.
Likewise, as cars travel along highways, they eventually exit through an off-ramp.
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