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off the wall

strange or very different Even though many people thought he was off the wall, they also thought he had very interesting ideas.

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They found the ladder so heavy they could not pull it up, so the Scarecrow fell off the wall and the others jumped down upon him so that the hard floor would not hurt their feet. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context I was not harming the child, madam,' said I, scarce knowing whether to be most astonished or displeased; 'he was tumbling off the wall there; and I was so fortunate as to catch him, while he hung suspended headlong from that tree, and prevent I know not what catastrophe. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Bronte, Anne View in context Ambrose's worst suspicions were confirmed; she went down the passage lurching from side to side, and fending off the wall now with her right arm, now with her left; at each lurch she exclaimed emphatically, "Damn The Voyage Out by Woolf, Virginia View in context			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 offer up office officiate often ogle Oh, boy			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 Off the Vine Catering off the waggon off the waggon off the wagon off the wagon off the wagon off the wagon off the wall Off the Wall Productions off the wind off the wind off the wind off the wind Off Their Trolley off time off time off to a bad start off to a flying start off to a good start off to a running start off to one side off to the races off to the side Off To War Off Tool Sample Off topic Off topic Off Topic Discussion Off Topic Forum Off track betting Off Track Excursion Off Track Quarter Horse Off Track Thoroughbred Off Treatment off trolley off trolley off trolley Off vocal

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