"off one's nut" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-off one's nut.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} off one's nut, {{en-PP}} off one's nut
  1. (chiefly British, dated in US, idiomatic) Insane, crazy. Tags: British, dated, idiomatic Synonyms: off one's rocker [US]
    Sense id: en-off_one's_nut-en-prep_phrase-3b48~cT5 Categories (other): American English, British English, English entries with incorrect language header

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