"base off of" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bases off of",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basing off of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "based off of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "based off of",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "head": "base off of"
      },
      "expansion": "base off of (third-person singular simple present bases off of, present participle basing off of, simple past and past participle based off of)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (of)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (off)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, Chuck D, Yusuf Jah, Chuck D: Lyrics of a Rap Revolutionary, volume 1",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Eric Nolen-Weathington, Modern Masters Volume 30: Paolo Rivera, page 40",
          "text": "They wanted something like a '70s thriller, so I based it off of The Man with the Golden Gun poster.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To base on."
      ],
      "id": "en-base_off_of-en-verb-47z~Efob",
      "links": [
        [
          "base on",
          "base on"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, informal) To base on."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "base off of"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bases off of",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basing off of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "based off of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "based off of",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "head": "base off of"
      },
      "expansion": "base off of (third-person singular simple present bases off of, present participle basing off of, simple past and past participle based off of)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (of)",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (off)",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, Chuck D, Yusuf Jah, Chuck D: Lyrics of a Rap Revolutionary, volume 1",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Eric Nolen-Weathington, Modern Masters Volume 30: Paolo Rivera, page 40",
          "text": "They wanted something like a '70s thriller, so I based it off of The Man with the Golden Gun poster.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To base on."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "base on",
          "base on"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, informal) To base on."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "base off of"
}