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  • 11off balance — {adj. phr.} 1. Not in balance; not able to stand up straight and not fall; not able to keep from turning over or falling; unsteady. * /Never stand up in a canoe; it will get off balance and turn over./ * /Paul was speeding along on his bicycle,… …

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  • 12off balance — {adj. phr.} 1. Not in balance; not able to stand up straight and not fall; not able to keep from turning over or falling; unsteady. * /Never stand up in a canoe; it will get off balance and turn over./ * /Paul was speeding along on his bicycle,… …

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  • 13off\ balance — adj. phr. 1. Not in balance; not able to stand up straight and not fall; not able to keep from turning over or falling; unsteady. Never stand up in a canoe; it will get off balance and turn over. Paul was speeding along on his bicycle, when an… …

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  • 14off the books — without being included on official financial records. Waiters, cashiers, and busboys often work off the books, getting paid in cash. Usage notes: sometimes used with keep or take: Officials have kept their expenses off the books …

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  • 15Off one's guard — Guard Guard, n. [OF. guarde, F. garde; of German origin; cf. OHG. wart, warto, one who watches, warta a watching, Goth. wardja watchman. See {Guard}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or… …

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  • 16off the books — Book Book (b[oo^]k), n. [OE. book, bok, AS. b[=o]c; akin to Goth. b[=o]ka a letter, in pl. book, writing, Icel. b[=o]k, Sw. bok, Dan. bog, OS. b[=o]k, D. boek, OHG. puoh, G. buch; and fr. AS. b[=o]c, b[=e]ce, beech; because the ancient Saxons and …

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  • 17off the wagon — adverb No longer maintaining a program of self improvement or abstinence from an undesirable habit, especially drinking alcohol. She kept up her diet for an entire month before falling off the wagon. Ant: on the wagon …

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  • 18keep off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms keep off : present tense I/you/we/they keep off he/she/it keeps off present participle keeping off past tense kept off past participle kept off 1) keep something off something to not touch something, or to… …

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  • 19ˈkeep (sb/sth) off sth — phrasal verb to not go onto a particular area of land Dogs must be kept off the beach.[/ex] Keep off the grass.[/ex] …

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  • 20Train Kept A-Rollin' — Song infobox Name = Train Kept A Rollin Artist = Tiny Bradshaw Album = Released = track no = Recorded = Genre = Blues, Rock Length = Writer = Tiny Bradshaw, Howard Kay, and Lois Mann Label = Producer = Infobox Single Name = Train Kept A Rollin… …

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