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stray off the reservation — to diverge from an agreed line This is another contribution to the language from the Watergate conspirators: ... if Jeb strayed off the reservation the phrase had come to be used in the Nixon inner elite to mean refusing to adhere to… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
off the reservation — acting beyond your authority Moving outside the reservation where you are meant to live: B ai B rith raced to condemn the off thereservation rabbi. (Clancy, 1991 the rabbi had been expressing extremist views) … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
off the reservation — phrasal : free from the usual restraints and controls … Useful english dictionary
off the reservation — 1. adjective Violating rules. 2. adverb In violation of rules; out of bounds … Wiktionary
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reservation — an area of land not taken from American Indians by white settlers The homelands of South Africa were not an original idea: ... the vegetation or lack of it wasn t all that different from the reservation of his youth. (Clancy, 1991 an… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
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