"off the horn" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} off the horn, {{en-PP}} off the horn
  1. (humorous) Used to describe very hard steak, as though cut from the horn of the animal. Tags: humorous
    Sense id: en-off_the_horn-en-prep_phrase-rSKyqs6s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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