off the charts
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6.2
- idiom
- Informal
- The increase in sales this quarter is off the charts, surpassing all previous records for the company.
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Watch on YouTubeSo I mean, some of these people are off the charts geniuses.
- So I mean, some of these people are off the charts geniuses.
- Great school, sports off the charts, kids going to college left and right.
- The compact is so off the charts cheap.
- And the atmosphere was off the charts, off the charts, colourful, beautiful people having it.
- And the progress I've made is off the charts.
- And carbon chemistry in water is just off the charts brilliant.
- Their LDL was sky high, their apobe off the charts.
- What's happening in terms of sex at the campuses, off the charts?
- Just the cringe factor is just off the charts if you don't.
- Seattle's Lyft and Ubers are off the charts right now.
- The the appreciation that this guy showed me was off the charts.
- Education rates were pathetic, childbirth rates were off the charts.
- There's he had a certain amount of skills that were off the charts.
- I mean it this, this trend is just off the charts.
- But this whole range of products, like everything from this company smells off the charts incredible.
- And they sent Joe Mcmoneagle out there and he tested off the charts.
Examples
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I live in the northeast, and the cost of living is off the charts.
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The guy has a baseball IQ that is off the charts and excellent people skills.
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Great school, sports off the charts, kids going to college left and right.
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And that guy is off the charts smart.
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My level was off the charts.
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This guy's off the charts.
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Genius leadership team, off the charts management team across the board.
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Wow factor off the charts.
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But his state test scores are off the charts, especially in writing.
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"Black Friday sales were off the charts this year," a TDS employee said.
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Synonyms
746
3.8
Very unusual or much greater than usual
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3.6
Very far away in place or in degree
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4.5
Very high in amount, for example prices or bills
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6.8
Much higher than normal
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7.9
Much higher than normal or expected
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4.8
Very high in level and common in technical fields
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4.9
Much higher than normal in amount or level
Antonyms
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase literally combines 'off' (beyond/outside) with 'chart(s)' (a ranking or measure), so a learner who knows both words can often infer the sense 'beyond the measurable range / extremely high'. However, it functions as a conventionalized idiom and requires mapping 'chart' to a general measure rather than a specific list, so the relation is somewhat metaphorical and not fully predictable without exposure.
Etymology
The expression off the charts comes from simple graphs or score charts: when a line or number goes past the top, it is literally off the charts. That's why people use it to say something is 'very high' or far beyond the usual level.