"off one's onion" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} off one's onion, {{en-PP}} off one's onion
  1. (slang) Crazy; insane. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-off_one's_onion-en-prep_phrase-fJmb6E8R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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