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off the reservation

prep_phrase

Etymology

From go off the reservation.

Definitions

  1. Violating rules or decorum

    Violating rules or decorum; out of bounds.

  2. Having broken with one's party or group, usually temporarily.

    • While politicians remained blackballed on opening night, the Clintonites' search for "real people" was not limited to the obscure. Thomason floated Billy Graham's name, but Hillary worried that he might get off the reservation on abortion.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA