Get off
Get off verb - To take the first step in (a process or course of action).
Usage example: breakfast helps you get off to a good start in the morning
Both terms in one sentence
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Has to commandeer or hire a ship to get off the starting island, and acquire a crew (usually three), who promptly mutiny or otherwise become a nuisance once they've made it into open water.
Source: Video Game / Monkey Island -
Soundtrack Dissonance: "The Path is Open," the uplifting song that plays when you complete a social link, even if it's by helping the real murderer get off scott free.
Source: Video Game / Persona 4 -
In one of the I Was A Sixth Grade Alien books the characters are shrunk to about seven inches and quickly discover that this has not affected their strength or mass after trying to get off a desk they attempt jumping down onto a open drawer and snap right through it.
Source: Square/Cube Law
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