"off course" meaning in English

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Adverb

Head templates: {{head|en|misspelling}} off course
  1. Misspelling of of course. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: of course
    Sense id: en-off_course-en-adv-p7B-QCYk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} off course, {{en-PP}} off course
  1. Not following the planned, or intended, route. Derived forms: blow off course Translations (not following the planned route): reitiltä sivussa (Finnish), reitiltä sivuun (Finnish), fuera de curso (Spanish), ur kurs (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-off_course-en-prep_phrase-~zxvbp52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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