be off beam

To be inaccurate or wrong. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. I never once said that! Your reporter is completely off beam in her accusations. I thought I knew what real estate costs around here, but wow, I was totally off beam.

be off beam

(British & Australian)

to be wrong Overall the article was well-written although one or two points that she made were a little off beam. I'm afraid your calculations are way off beam.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Whitney	['hwitni]
Edit	E-dit (Swedish)	Hungarian, Swedish
Sayyid	-	Arabic
Bowles	[bəulz]
Zawisza	-	Polish (Archaic)
Archibald	['a:tʃibɔ:ld]