off-rampn.
/ˈɒframp/, U.S. /ˈɔfˌræmp/, /ˈɑfˌræmp/ Originally and chiefly North American.
An exit lane from a freeway or motorway.
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1939 N.Y. Times 22 Jan. x. 1/3 Huge trucks roll over the Bay Bridge, taking the off-ramp to Treasure Island.
1968 ‘J. R. Macdonald’ Instant Enemy xxx. 192 I took the first off-ramp and drove to the Langstons' neighborhood.
1973 W. McCarthy Detail iii. 247 Stuart looked for an off ramp... The next turnoff was ten miles ahead.
1985 Dominion (Wellington, N.Z.) 19 Jan. 3 A stolen car overran a motorway offramp at Auckland yesterday.
1996 Los Angeles Daily News 3 July 4 Some eastbound and westbound lanes and off-ramps may be closed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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