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off-limits

[ awf-lim-its, of- ]

adjective

  1. forbidden to be patronized, frequented, used, etc., by certain persons:

    The tavern is off-limits to soldiers.



off limits

adjective

  1. not to be entered; out of bounds
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. in or into an area forbidden by regulations
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of off-limits1

An Americanism dating back to 1950–55
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The tunnel is usually off-limits when it is filled and coursing with a massive stream of Colorado River water.

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Theater had seemed to be an inclusive space “like an island of misfit toys,” she said, but television was a medium she viewed as largely off-limits to her.

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We were not permitted to interview the crew, and politics would have been off-limits anyway, but some of those on board were curious what I thought of the new administration.

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Apartment dwellings, considered synonymous with urban blight, were banned in favor of single-family homes, while mostly white suburbs were kept off-limits to Black Americans and other minorities.

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The Westwood campus has increased restrictions on protests since fall — making the majority of public areas off-limits to demonstrations without permits — and upped the presence of campus security guards.

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