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off the nut

off the nut prepositional phrase: in deficit, not profiting; sustaining a loss.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (slang) In deficit, not profiting; sustaining a loss.
    • My first day's business took me off the nut.1928, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 200, page 116
    Synonyms:
    in the red
    Antonyms:
    on the nut

Synonyms of off the nut

Antonyms

Questions about off the nut

What does off the nut mean?
Off the nut means in deficit, not profiting; sustaining a loss.
What part of speech is off the nut?
Off the nut is a prepositional phrase.

Words near off the nut in the dictionary

  1. off the hooks
  2. off the horn
  3. off the lay
  4. off the mark
  5. off the market
  6. off the nut
  7. off the plan
  8. off the radar
  9. off the radio
  10. off the rails
  11. off the record

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