"off one's tree" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-off one's tree.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} off one's tree, {{en-PP}} off one's tree
  1. (idiomatic) Crazy; unhinged; irrational. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: out of one's tree
    Sense id: en-off_one's_tree-en-prep_phrase-SV1wA6va Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1994, Tom Wells, The War Within: America's Battle Over Vietnam, iUniverse, published 2005, page 391",
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