Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Mil.) located outside a military base.
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- adjective Alternative form of
off base .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective located outside a military base
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Examples
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For one thing, the League of Fans wants to dismantle college sports as we know it, eliminating athletic scholarships because they turn students into "professional athletes," a proposal the NCAA has called "off-base on so many fronts it is hard to know where to start."
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But the human element he adds most here is tingeing these characters with a dark side that just seems off-base for me.
January « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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This is where Judge Hudson's asparagus quip is problematic -- and where Cuccinelli's argument is way off-base.
James Chiong: No One Is Trying to Make You Eat Asparagus James Chiong 2010
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This is where Judge Hudson's asparagus quip is problematic -- and where Cuccinelli's argument is way off-base.
James Chiong: No One Is Trying to Make You Eat Asparagus James Chiong 2010
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* Explaining the enthusiasm gap: Gerald Seib says all the chatter about Dems being disengaged is off-base: What's really creating the enthusiasm disparity is that Republicans are jacked up in an extraordinary way.
The Morning Plum Greg Sargent 2010
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Since there's no sign of the Nazi rhetoric going away, Stephen Colbert is making sure people use the correct outrageously off-base Hitler references with the "Nazi-ometer."
WATCH: Stephen Colbert's 'Nazi-ometer' Katla McGlynn 2011
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"That was a tough speech to have to sit through and kind of try to stomach because the president is so off-base in his ideas," said Palin.
Sarah Palin turns Obama's 'Win the future' into 'WTF' (video) Emi Kolawole 2011
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But the human element he adds most here is tingeing these characters with a dark side that just seems off-base for me.
Quick Hits – Brave and the Bold #1, Fantastic Four #563, Superman #684, and More 2009
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Since there's no sign of the Nazi rhetoric going away, Stephen Colbert is making sure people use the correct outrageously off-base Hitler references with the "Nazi-ometer."
WATCH: Stephen Colbert's 'Nazi-ometer' Katla McGlynn 2011
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But the human element he adds most here is tingeing these characters with a dark side that just seems off-base for me.
31 « January « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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