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off the record

Fig. unofficial; informal. (Of comments to the press that one does not want reported.) This is off the record, but I disagree with the mayor on this matter. Although her comments were off the record, the newspaper published them anyway.

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Malik expressed his annoyance over the live coverage by various private TV news channels to his off the record talk to newspersons. Live coverage to off the record talk irks Rehman Malik by Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan) Most of my conversations with politicians are off the record but this is decided in advance of the discussion. When can you use 'off the record' quotes? by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk In which your humble Transom editor interrogates—via IM—media editor and Off the Record columnist Tom Scocca regarding the Thursday Styles section of the New York Times. Thursday Styles with Tom Scocca: It's Back! by Observer Staff / The New York Observer			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 offense offer offer for offer one cannot refuse offer to			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 Off the rack Off the rack Off the rack off the record Off the Run Off the Run Issue Off the Run Issues Off the Run Treasuries Off the Run Treasury off the shelf off the shelf off the shelf off the shelf off the shelf off the shoulder Off the Streets and Into Work Off the Subject Off the Subject Off the Subject off the top of (one's) head off the top of (one's) head off the top of (one's) head off the top of (one's) head off the top of (one's) head off the top of head off the top of head off the top of head off the top of head off the top of head Off the Top of My Head Off the Top of My Head off the track off the trolley Off the Truck

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