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off one's nuts

off one's nuts is the alternative form of off one's nut.

Meaning of off one's nut

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

Questions about off one's nuts

What is off one's nuts the alternative form of?
Off one's nuts is the alternative form of off one's nut.

Words near off one's nuts in the dictionary

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

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