"off book" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} off book, {{en-PP}} off book
  1. (theater) No longer needing the script to rehearse. Categories (topical): Theater
    Sense id: en-off_book-en-prep_phrase-FFy2zhpQ Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
  2. below the list price
    Sense id: en-off_book-en-prep_phrase-QP4H9iMW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: off-book

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