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What does "of" in "and I need somebody to bounce ideas off of." mean?
What does "of" in "and I need somebody to bounce ideas off of." mean?
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@sushimasters it means you want to see somebody else’s viewpoint about a particular thing.
The ‘of’ is referring to the person to whom you will ‘throw an idea’ and ‘the idea will bounce off OF the listener’
It’s kind of idiomatic so hard to transliterate with full meaning
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@sushimasters it means you want to see somebody else’s viewpoint about a particular thing.
The ‘of’ is referring to the person to whom you will ‘throw an idea’ and ‘the idea will bounce off OF the listener’
It’s kind of idiomatic so hard to transliterate with full meaning
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It’s for grammar.
He bounced the ball off of* the wall.
She threw the can towards the garbage bin but it bounced off of* the side and onto the floor.
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