"off one's face" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-off one's face.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} off one's face, {{en-PP}} off one's face
  1. (slang) Extremely intoxicated, either by alcohol or drugs. Tags: slang Synonyms: off one's head
    Sense id: en-off_one's_face-en-prep_phrase-VODhCAzB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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