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off-limits

off-limits adjective: not to be entered or used; restricted.

Adjective

off-limits (not comparable)

  1. Not to be entered or used; restricted.
    • The pond was off-limits to swimmers.
    • Irregardless, ex-boyfriends are just off-limits to friends. I mean that's just, like, the rules of feminism.2004, Tina Fey, Mean Girls, spoken by Gretchen Wieners (Lacey Chabert)
    Synonyms:
    out of bounds

Synonyms of off-limits

Questions about off-limits

What does off-limits mean?
Off-limits means not to be entered or used; restricted.
What part of speech is off-limits?
Off-limits is an adjective.

Words near off-limits in the dictionary

  1. off-leash
  2. off-licence
  3. off-licences
  4. off-license
  5. off-licenses
  6. off-limits
  7. off-line
  8. off-list
  9. off-load
  10. off-loaded
  11. off-loading

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