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off the mark

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off the mark

wrong or not accurate. They said the course would be easy but that turned out to be way off the mark.

Usage notes: sometimes used in the phrase not far off the mark almost right: If you guessed he was jealous, you would not be far off the mark.

See also: mark

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But in that momentary pause George had got off the mark. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context More results

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