off the face of the earth

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off the face of the earth also from the face of the earth

completely gone I enjoy boxing but wouldn't miss it if it dropped off the face of the earth tomorrow.

Usage notes: most often used with the verbs drop, disappear, and wipe

See also: earth, face

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The office will have vanished off the face of the earth. Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context We've a small army looking for the fellow, but it does seem as though he had disappeared off the face of the earth. The Vanished Messenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context Mark were brought to Venice, the city could never rise to high distinction among the nations; that the body must be captured, brought to the city, and a magnificent church built over it; and that if ever the Venetians allowed the Saint to be removed from his new resting-place, in that day Venice would perish from off the face of the earth. The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context			off base off campus off center off chance off course off duty off game off goes off hands off like a shot off limits off on a sidetrack off on the right foot off on the wrong foot off own bat off rocker off season off the air off the back of a lorry off the bat off the beaten path off the beaten track off the books off the charts off the cuff off the face of the earth off the hook off the mark off the peg off the rack off the record off the shelf off the subject off the top of head off the track off the wagon off the wall off to a flying start off to a running start off to one side off to the races off to the side off topic off-colour off-key off-line off-the-cuff off-the-wall offend offend against offend with			Off the Beaten Trail Off the Beaten Trax off the bit off the bit off the bit off the bit off the bit Off the Bone Off the Bone Off the Bone off the books off the books off the books off the bridle off the bridle off the bridle off the bridle off the bridle Off The Chain Off the Chart Off the Charts Off The Clock off the cuff off the cuff off the cuff off the cuff Off the Cuff Remark Off the Deep End Off the derech Off the Dock Toons off the face of the earth Off The Film Off the Freakin' Hook Off the Front Off the grid off the ground off the ground off the ground off the ground off the ground off the hook off the hook off the hook off the hook off the hook off the hook off the hook Off the hooks Off the Line Off the List Off the mark Off the mark Off the mark Off the mark Off the mark Off the mark Off the Market Off The Page off the peg Off the Pigs off the point

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