"off one's dot" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-off one's dot.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} off one's dot, {{en-PP}} off one's dot
  1. (idiomatic, Britain, colloquial, humorous) Mad; insane. Tags: Britain, colloquial, humorous, idiomatic Translations (crazy): toqué (French)
    Sense id: en-off_one's_dot-en-prep_phrase-cxYmHQLQ Categories (other): British English

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