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off one's nut

off one's nut prepositional phrase: insane, crazy.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (UK, dated, idiomatic) Insane, crazy.
    • Old Smith was awfully bucked because he'd taken four wickets. I should think he'd go off his nut if he took eight ever.1909, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 17, in Mike: A Public School Story
    • "[I]f I was to spring this news in Mr. Wright's hearin', why, such a sensitive, high-tempered gentleman as he would go plumb off his nut."1914, Zane Grey, chapter 13, in The Rustlers of Pecos County

Synonyms of off one's nut

Questions about off one's nut

What does off one's nut mean?
Off one's nut means insane, crazy.
What part of speech is off one's nut?
Off one's nut is a prepositional phrase.

Words near off one's nut in the dictionary

  1. off one's guard
  2. off one's head
  3. off one's hinge
  4. off one's hinges
  5. off one's meds
  6. off one's nut
  7. off one's nuts
  8. off one's onion
  9. off one's own back
  10. off one's own bat
  11. off one's rocker

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