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off one's rocker

off one's rocker prepositional phrase: crazy; insane.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (slang) Crazy; insane.
    • He's off his rocker if he thinks he can tackle the whole thing alone.
    • “Bertie! Your manner is strange.”
      “Your manner would be strange if you'd been sitting on the floor of Wilbert Cream's sleeping apartment with a chair round your neck, and Ma Cream had come in.”
      “Golly! Did she?”
      “In person.”
      “What did you say?”
      “I said I was looking for a mouse.”
      “Couldn't you...1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter VIII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC, page 86

Questions about off one's rocker

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

Words near off one's rocker in the dictionary

  1. off one's nut
  2. off one's nuts
  3. off one's onion
  4. off one's own back
  5. off one's own bat
  6. off one's rocker
  7. off one's rocket
  8. off one's tits
  9. off one's tree
  10. off one's trolley
  11. off ox

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