off course

English

Etymology 1

Prepositional phrase

off course

1. Not following the planned, or intended, route.

   The strong winds made the car go careering off course.

   • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

     Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’ and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning.” So I started to back away again into the bushes. But I hadn't backed more'n a couple of yards when I see something so amazing that I couldn't help scooching down behind the bayberries and looking at it.

Derived terms

• blow off course

Translations

not following the planned route

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: reitiltä sivussa, reitiltä sivuun
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: fuera de curso
• Swedish: ur kurs

Etymology 2

Adverb

off course

1. Misspelling of of course.