10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OFF ONE'S GAME»
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General Knowledge of English Literature
To be on one's game/off one's game—to be in good form/to be below one'susual
form, whenplaying agame. To play the game—tobefairand honestin one'
sdealings with other people. To play a waiting game—to act with caution, waiting
for ...
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Chambers Pocket Dictionary
6 not up to the usual standard: off one's game. 7 out to sea from: off the coast of
Spain. — n\ the start, e.g. of a race or journey: ready for the off. 2 (cricket) the side
of a field towards which the batsman's feet are pointing, usu. the bowler's left. c ...
Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton, 1992
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The Ins and Outs of Prepositions
to be off one's game — not be playing as well as usual The golf champion was off
his game yesterday. to be off one's rocker — to be crazy She feeds caviar to her
cat; I think she's off her rocker. Off can indicate lack of contact. Pattern 1 : verb + ...
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Heinemann English Dictionary
Phrases fair game any target thought fit for attack, criticism, etc. off one's game (
informal) not playing to one's usual standard, on the game (informal) working as
a prostitute. play the game to act fairly. the game is up (informal) someone's plot
or ...
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Webster's New World Dictionary
/off the road/ 2 from the substance of /live o^the land/ 3 away from /a mile off
shore/ 4 branching out from /an alley off Main Street/ 5 relieved from /off duty/ 6
not up to the usual standard, etc. of /off one's game/ —adj. I not on or attached 2
not in ...
Victoria Neufeldt, Andrew N. Sparks, Webster's New World, 2003
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American Slang: Cultural Language Guide to Living in the USA
Gas Off one's game: not performing as well as before. Ever since he caught the
flu, Steve has been off his game as an acrobatic flyer. Gander Take a gander:
view; look at. Take a gander at this note and tell me what it says. What is good for
the ...
Joseph Melillo, Edward M. Melillo, 2004
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The Oxford Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus
7 (of food, etc.) beginning to decay. oprep. 1 a from; away or down or up from (fell
off the chair). b not on (was already off the pitch). 2 a (temporarily) relieved of or
abstaining from (off duty). b not achieving or doing one's best in (off one's game).
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Badminton library of sports and pastimes
To get over being put off one's game by the nature of the ground, the thought of
what it is like should be put away, and its keenness and tenacity alone studied.
On the same groundless assumption of it being possible whilst putting to do ...
To get over being put off one's game by the nature of the ground, the thought of
what it is like should be put away, and its keenness and tenacity alone studied.
On the same groundless assumption of it being possible whilst putting to do ...
Horace Gordon Hutchinson, 1890
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