out of whack

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out of whack

1. (American & Australian informal) if something is out of whack, it is not working as it should You can use Carol's old bike - the gears are out of whack, but it still goes. If I don't take any exercise for a while it throws my whole body out of whack.

2. (American & Australian informal) confused and badly organized The state budget is way out of whack and politicians are blaming an influx of immigrants. Our spending priorities are out of whack.

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So how do you detect what's out of whack in an organization? Detecting what's out of whack by Spratt, Jerry / Arkansas Business Long periods of what could be called "awkward silence" accompanied Superintendent Gerry Gaw's request that the School Committee approve returning $65,000 of the current year's budget to the town to balance the budget, thrown out of whack when the governor took back some promised local aid. Schools give back money by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) The city's general fund is out of whack, with expenditures outpacing revenues for the next fiscal year by a projected $7. Ruiz calls for `creative ways' to close budget gap by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)			out of the corner of eye out of the frying pan out of the frying pan into the fire out of the gate out of the goodness of heart out of the hole out of the loop Out of the mouths of babes out of the ordinary out of the picture out of the question out of the red out of the running out of the swim of things out of the way out of the woods out of the woodwork out of thin air out of this world out of touch out of town out of tune out of turn out of wack out of way out of whack out of whole cloth out of work out on a limb out on bail out on the town out the window out to lunch out to win out West Out, please out-of-bounds out-of-date out-of-pocket expenses outset outside outside of outstay welcome oven over a barrel over again over and above over easy over head over my dead body Over my dead body!			Out of Tune Out of Tune Out of Tune out of turn out of turn out of turn out of turn out of turn Out of Turn Plan Amendment Out of twist Out of Uniform out of use Out of Vehicle for Investigation out of view out of view Out Of Vision Out of Vocabulary Out of Vogue out of wack Out of War Out of Warranty Repair out of way out of way out of way out of way out of wedlock out of wedlock out of wedlock out of wedlock out of wedlock out of whack out of whole cloth out of whole cloth out of wind out of winding out of work out of work out of work out of work out of work out of work out of work Out of Work Consultant Out of Zion Out of Zone Out on a Limb Out on A Limb Productions out on bail Out On Leave out on the town out or keeping Out patient Out patient Out Patient Department Out Patient Department Out Patient Department Out Patient Department Out Patient Door Out Processing Out Run Out Run

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