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off-card rate
off-center
off chance
off-color
off-course
off day
off-field
off-glide
off-guard
off-head
off-hour
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off-key
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off-guard
off-guard


adjective 
Definition:
 
not expecting trouble: not anticipating a possible attack or approach ( not hyphenated when used after a verb )
caught the enemy off guard
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