off-the-cuff in English

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  "etymology_text": "From the prepositional phrase off the cuff.",
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          "ref": "2013 May 5, Peter Baker, Mark Landler, David E. Sanger, Anne Barnard, “Off-the-Cuff Obama Line Put U.S. in Bind on Syria”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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          "ref": "2017 June 4, Peter Baker, “Trump’s Off-the-Cuff Tweets Strain Foreign Ties”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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          "ref": "2021 October 2, John Herrman, “Will TikTok Make You Buy It?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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        "Extemporaneous; without prior preparation; spontaneous; impromptu."
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        "(idiomatic) Extemporaneous; without prior preparation; spontaneous; impromptu."
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          "word": "impromptu"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "off-the-cuff",
          "word": "spontané"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
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        {
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "off-the-cuff",
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "off-the-cuff",
          "word": "aus dem Stegreif"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "off-the-cuff",
          "word": "aus dem Stand"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "off-the-cuff",
          "word": "aus dem Handgelenk"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "off-the-cuff",
          "word": "Stegreif-"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "off-the-cuff",
          "word": "aus dem Ärmel geschüttelt"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "off-the-cuff",
          "word": "aus dem Hemdsärmel"
        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "afthórmitos",
          "sense": "off-the-cuff",
          "word": "αυθόρμητος"
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  "word": "off-the-cuff"
}

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          "ref": "2017 June 4, Peter Baker, “Trump’s Off-the-Cuff Tweets Strain Foreign Ties”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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        },
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          "ref": "2021 October 2, John Herrman, “Will TikTok Make You Buy It?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Extemporaneous; without prior preparation; spontaneous; impromptu."
      ],
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          "preparation",
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        [
          "impromptu",
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        "(idiomatic) Extemporaneous; without prior preparation; spontaneous; impromptu."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "impromptu"
        }
      ],
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "off-the-cuff",
      "word": "spontané"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "off-the-cuff",
      "word": "improvisé"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "off-the-cuff",
      "word": "spontan"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "off-the-cuff",
      "word": "aus dem Stegreif"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "off-the-cuff",
      "word": "aus dem Stand"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "off-the-cuff",
      "word": "aus dem Handgelenk"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "off-the-cuff",
      "word": "Stegreif-"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "off-the-cuff",
      "word": "aus dem Ärmel geschüttelt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "off-the-cuff",
      "word": "aus dem Hemdsärmel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "afthórmitos",
      "sense": "off-the-cuff",
      "word": "αυθόρμητος"
    }
  ],
  "word": "off-the-cuff"
}

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"off-the-cuff" meaning in English

Adjective