"off course" meaning in English

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          "text": "The strong winds made the car go careering off course.",
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          "text": "Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’ and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning.” So I started to back away again into the bushes. But I hadn't backed more'n a couple of yards when I see something so amazing that I couldn't help scooching down behind the bayberries and looking at it.",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "not following the planned route",
          "word": "reitiltä sivussa"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "reitiltä sivuun"
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          "sense": "not following the planned route",
          "word": "fuera de curso"
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          "sense": "not following the planned route",
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      "word": "reitiltä sivussa"
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      "sense": "not following the planned route",
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      "sense": "not following the planned route",
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