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base off of

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To base on.

US, ditransitive, informal

Examples

“A lot of artists put⟳ skits in their records, but they based it off of De La Soul. We didn't base⟳ ours off of De La Soul, we based ours off of ours, because we were the first group to actually split⟳ up a rap album and not go cut⟳ for cut⟳.”
“They wanted something like⟳ a '70s thriller, so I based it off of The Man with the Golden Gun poster.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

base on base upon basecall basecalled based based off

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