book off
Britishverb
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And: Can you grab that book off the top shelf for me?
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
Here’s what I didn’t do: I didn’t complain to the library or petition the librarians to take the book off the shelves.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2022
During our Zoom talk, she pulled a 1910 obstetrics book off the shelf and held its graphic illustrations of difficult births up to the camera to demonstrate what went into her story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2020
Another woman walked in with her black-and-white Papillon, pulled a papillon book off the shelf and sat down to read it with her dog in her lap.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2019
He pulled another comic book off his shelf and started leafing through it.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
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