"off one's hinge" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Alternative form of off one's hinges. Tags: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic Alternative form of: off one's hinges
    Sense id: en-off_one's_hinge-en-prep_phrase-b2W-2Cn5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2001, Jon Redfern, The Boy Must Die, unnumbered page:",
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