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The following 35 entries include the term off-the.
go off the air
idiom: to stop broadcasting or being broadcast
go off the rails
idiom: to lose control and start to behave in a way that is not normal or acceptable
high off the hog
idiom: in a luxurious style
jump/leap off the page
idiom: to be very noticeable, interesting, exciting, etc.
let (someone) off the hook
idiom: to allow (someone who has been caught doing something wrong or illegal) to go without being punished
live off the land
idiom: to get food by farming, hunting, etc.
off the air
idiom: not broadcasting
off the boil
idiom: into a state that is less good than before
off the bone
idiom: (with the meat) removed from the bone or bones
off the dole
idiom: no longer receiving money that a government (especially the British government) gives to people who do not have jobs or who are very poor
off the drawing board
idiom: beyond the planning stage
off the mark
idiom: not accurate or correct : not achieving the desired result
off the pace
idiom: behind in a race, competition, etc.
off the premises
idiom: away from or outside of a building or the area of land that it is on
quick/slow off the mark
idiom: quick or slow to act or to understand something
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