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be off
be completely wrong
If your idea, guess or impression is off, it is inaccurate or not quite right.
Hear it in real life
Did you guess the right number?
No, I was totally off.
My estimate was totally off because I forgot to include the delivery fee.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: My estimate was out of the real cost.
Say: My estimate was way off the real cost.
Use “off” to describe an inaccurate estimate; “out of the cost” does not express that meaning.
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How it fits in a sentence.
be off; be totally off; be way off
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My estimate was totally off because I forgot to include the delivery fee.
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be off
be completely wrong
“My estimate was totally off because I forgot to include the delivery fee.”
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