off (one's) chump

off (one's) chump

Crazy or insane. He must be off his chump to pay that much money for that old car. Am I completely off my chump for starting a business in this economy?

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off your chump

crazy. British informal

The literal sense of chump meaning ‘a broad, thick block of wood’ led in the mid 19th century to its humorous use to mean ‘head’, with the implication of ‘blockhead’.

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off one’s chump

mod. crazy; nuts. Am I off my chump, or did that car suddenly disappear?

See also: chump, off

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