off message

Deviating from a planned set of remarks or positions: The aides worried that the candidate would make a gaffe if he went off message.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Themistoklis	-	Greek
Veronica	və-RAHN-i-kə (English)	English, Italian, Romanian, Late Roman
Emily	['eməli]
Loretta	[lə'retə]
Frens	FRENS	Limburgish
Domhnall	DO-nahl	Scottish, Irish