way off

way off

Completely incorrect, mistaken, or misinformed. A: "I'd say there are probably 500 jellybeans in that jar!" B: "Nope, you're way off! There's 1,725." Tom is way off about Jenny if he thinks she's the type to rat us out.

See also: off, way

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way off (base)

Inf. Fig. on the wrong track; completely wrong. I think you're way off base. Try again. Sorry. You are way off. You should just give up.

See also: off, way

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

way off

verb

See way off base

See also: off, way

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