off-ramp

See also: offramp

English

From off +‎ ramp.

off-ramp (plural off-ramps)

(Canada, US, Australia) A segment of roadway that directs vehicular traffic from a freeway onto local roads. [from 20th c.]
Synonyms: exit ramp, (Britain) off-slip

Coordinate term: on-ramp
(by extension) An exit strategy.
- 2022 March 4, David E. Sanger, Eric Schmitt, Julian E. Barnes, “Washington’s Newest Worry: The Dangers of Cornering Putin”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:
  And at least for now, there is no discernible off-ramp for the Russian leader short of declaring a cease-fire or pulling back his forces — steps he has so far shown no interest in taking.
- 2022 June 10, Andrew Roth, “Putin compares himself to Peter the Great in quest to take back Russian lands”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:
  An adviser to the Ukrainian government said the comments showed that attempts to negotiate with Putin or find an “off-ramp” from the conflict for Putin, as French president, Emmanuel Macron, has sought to do, were misguided.
- 2024 July 11, Theodore Schleifer, Jacob Bernstein, Reid J. Epstein, “How Biden Lost George Clooney and Hollywood”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN:
  Mr. Katzenberg, who moonlights as a top Biden official and has worked with Mr. Clooney on philanthropy for decades, reached out to him to see if there was an off-ramp, according to three people familiar with the matter.

roadway segment

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: mahasõidukoht
Finnish: erkanemiskaista
German: Abfahrtsrampe (de) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: avkjøringsrampe (no) m or f
Polish: zjazd (pl)
Russian: съезд с автомагистра́ли m (sʺjezd s avtomagistráli, literally “descent from / exit off the highway”), вы́езд (ru) (výjezd)
Swedish: avfart (sv) c
Ukrainian: ви́їзд m (výjizd)