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off book

off book prepositional phrase: no longer needing the script to rehearse. Also the ellipsis of off book value.

Prepositional phrase

  1. No longer needing the script to rehearse.
    • After 5 days studying the script, Jane is now off book, and can concentrate on gesture more.
    • "He will glibly parse a sentence ... and repeat the catechism and whole chapters of the Bible 'off book.'"1873, Thomas Wright, Our New Masters, Strahan & Co., page 125
    Antonyms:
    on book

Also used as

off book is also the ellipsis of off book value.

Examples of off book in a sentence

  • "In all likelihood, the director will leave you alone throughout the rest of the production and focus attention on the guy who isn't off book yet."1993, Doug Moston, Coming to Terms with Acting, →ISBN, page 74:
  • "'So if Antigone wants to be off book, I think the rest of you should be off book too.'"2003, Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex, Picador,, →ISBN, page 332:

Antonyms of off book

Questions about off book

What does off book mean?
Off book means no longer needing the script to rehearse.
How do you use off book in a sentence?
"In all likelihood, the director will leave you alone throughout the rest of the production and focus attention on the guy who isn't off book yet."
What part of speech is off book?
Off book is a prepositional phrase.

Words near off book in the dictionary

  1. off balance
  2. off base
  3. off beat
  4. off beats
  5. off board
  6. off book
  7. off brand
  8. off brands
  9. off break
  10. off breaks
  11. off by heart

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