be off base

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

2. Of a runner in baseball, to not be touching the base. The pitcher saw that the runner at first was off base and threw him out.

be off base

(American & Australian)

to be wrong The company chairman dismissed the experts' report as completely off base.

See touch base

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nurzhan	-	Kazakh
Jaylene	JAY-leen	English (Modern)
NİMet	-	Turkish
Herodion	-	Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Ancient Greek
Gretchen	['gretʃən]
Feroz	-	Urdu