"off the track" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} off the track, {{en-PP}} off the track
  1. Derailed, of a railway carriage, etc. Translations (derailed): raiteiltaan (Finnish), suistunut kiskoilta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-off_the_track-en-prep_phrase-R-ckncWv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 4 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 4 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 5 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 2 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 47 10 43 Disambiguation of 'derailed': 77 2 21
  2. Away from the proper subject; irrelevant, unrelated. Translations (away from the proper subject; irrelevant, unrelated): asian vierestä (english: away from the topic) (Finnish), puuta heinää (english: irrelevant) (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-off_the_track-en-prep_phrase-3z0L9jMn Categories (other): Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 47 10 43 Disambiguation of 'away from the proper subject; irrelevant, unrelated': 2 97 1
  3. Not on right course; inaccurate. Translations (not on right course; inaccurate): hukassa (english: lost) (Finnish), väärässä (english: wrong) (Finnish), metsässä (Finnish), epätäsmällinen (english: inaccurate) (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-off_the_track-en-prep_phrase-QveF~3bs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 4 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 4 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 5 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 47 10 43 Disambiguation of 'not on right course; inaccurate': 11 1 89
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      "word": "raiteiltaan"
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