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be off the mark

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be off the mark

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

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be off the mark

if something someone says or writes is off the mark, it is not correct His criticisms are way off the mark. Bedini and Curzi were probably not far off the mark in their analysis.

See also: mark, off