off one's game
prep_phraseDefinitions
Playing or competing below one's usual level of performance.
- One fellow I knew once was off his game the whole first half because some idiot was flying a kite over the field advertising some one's pills.
- Then the latter, as every golfer does at times, suddenly went right off his game.
Performing in any activity below one's usual level
Performing in any activity below one's usual level; behaving in an irregular, inept, or awkward manner; feeling unwell.
- Adam found himself answering the viewer's questions while also trying to cook—which threw him off his game.
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for off one's game. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA