miles out

1. Literally, miles away from some place, thing, or destination. Unfortunately, we're still miles out, so we're not going to get there by 8 o'clock. If you go sailing when the current is this strong, you'll end up miles out before you know it.

2. Extremely incorrect or mistaken; totally off-base. Considering they lost 8–1, it seems he was miles out when he publicly guaranteed his team's victory. Wait, they invented this thing in the 1950s? I thought it was created in the '90s—I was miles out!

See also: mile, out

See also:

be miles out
be (some distance) out from (something or some place)
kilometer
go (some distance) out from (something)
get (some distance) out from (something or some place)
(some distance) out from (something or some place)
out from
miles and miles
not a hundred/thousand/million miles away
not a hundred/thousand/million miles away/from here

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