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off one's dot

off one's dot prepositional phrase: mad; insane.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (UK, colloquial, humorous, idiomatic) Mad; insane.
    • "Gone a bit off 'er dot", he whispered […]1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store, from "Selected Short Stories"

Questions about off one's dot

What does off one's dot mean?
Off one's dot means mad; insane.
What part of speech is off one's dot?
Off one's dot is a prepositional phrase.

Words near off one's dot in the dictionary

  1. off message
  2. off of
  3. off one's block
  4. off one's box
  5. off one's chump
  6. off one's dot
  7. off one's face
  8. off one's feed
  9. off one's game
  10. off one's guard
  11. off one's head

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