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off the charts

off the charts prepositional phrase: outside of the normal range of measurement; beyond expectations.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Outside of the normal range of measurement; beyond expectations.
    • Advance sales quickly went off the charts.
    • A key feature of mainstream Western media today is the relentless China-bashing. It is off the charts and tiring, often involving regurgitated trivia or fabricated stories with no evidence to support callous statements about the country, demonstrating a deep lack of understanding. But such stories...2023 February 21, Chandran Nair, “Anti-China Rhetoric Is Off the Charts in Western Media”, in The Diplomat, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2024

Forms of off the charts

alternative formoff the chart

Questions about off the charts

What does off the charts mean?
Off the charts means outside of the normal range of measurement; beyond expectations.
What part of speech is off the charts?
Off the charts is a prepositional phrase.

Words near off the charts in the dictionary

  1. off the beaten track
  2. off the boil
  3. off the books
  4. off the chain
  5. off the chart
  6. off the charts
  7. off the clock
  8. off the cuff
  9. off the deep end
  10. off the derech
  11. off the dome

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