Off the mark

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  1. 1
    Inaccurate; not correct or appropriate. figuratively

    "His answers are consistently off the mark. None of them quite make sense."

  2. 2
    Making a start (generally in comparison to others).

    "Sarafov was the first off the mark, but the other divisions did not jump off until an hour later and achieved nothing."

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