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off the track

off the track prepositional phrase: derailed, of a railway carriage, etc.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Derailed, of a railway carriage, etc.
  2. Away from the proper subject; irrelevant, unrelated.
    • I shall have to tell Ralphie of this, lest he get any ideas. ¶ Okay, I’ve gotten completely off the track, so let’s get back to Earl, who had run into a roadblock in his desire to administer wedgies.2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “Toys for kinky girls and boys—It’s not just whips and chains anymore.” (chapter 3), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 53
  3. Not on right course; inaccurate.
    • As for great men and kings being History's slaves, I think Tolstoi was off the track. Don't kid youself, kings are the most sublime sick. Manic Depressive heroes pull Mankind into their cycles and carry everybody away.1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 6

Questions about off the track

What does off the track mean?
Off the track means derailed, of a railway carriage, etc.
What part of speech is off the track?
Off the track is a prepositional phrase.

Words near off the track in the dictionary

  1. off the shits
  2. off the table
  3. off the tools
  4. off the top of one's dome
  5. off the top of one's head
  6. off the track
  7. off the wagon
  8. off the wall
  9. off the water cart
  10. off the water wagon
  11. off time

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