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Off the chain

prep_phrase, slang

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  1. 1
    Free from work or direct supervision. figuratively

    "“Here,” said Wigmore, “no bickering tonight, and no politics either. I’m off the chain, and we’re going to take you out to dinner at Oddy’s, and a theatre.”"

  2. 2
    Crazy and exciting; delirious and wild. slang

    "2002 October 31, Samaki Walker (interviewee), Howard Beck (journalist), “Lakers Notebook: Walton's Words Make Shaq Stew”, Daily News, Los Angeles “I saw the ring (Tuesday), and it was just unbelievable. That it was my turn to be one of those select few to achieve the ultimate success. It is, what we say, ‘off the chain.’ So it was really an enjoyable moment.”"

  3. 3
    Completely insane; crazy. slang

    "What Pimp was asking me to do was crazy. Off the fuckin' chain. Insane. He was scheming to stick up T.C. and Miss Lady's pool hall so we could pay off G, but a playa like me was getting ready to go to college and put all that two-bit robbing and stealing shit behind me."

Etymology

In reference to slave labor, where workers are chained, or to the figurative chain of workers of an assembly line. Slang sense by analogy to a frenetic dog when unleashed.

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