Off/on your game

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phrase

Not performing as well as usual.

The team lost the match today, they were really off their game.
Visual representation of "off/on your game" - Not performing as well as usual

Often appears as...

  • be off one's game
  • feel off one's game

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Colloquial

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Sports Origin

The phrase often relates to sports performance but applies to other activities too.

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Even the best chess player can be off their game once in a while.
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Temporary State

It suggests a temporary decline rather than a permanent inability.

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Don't worry about the mistakes, you're just off your game today.
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Subjectivity

Being 'off one's game' is subjective; what's off for one may be normal for another.

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She thought she was off her game, but for us, she did great.
Visual representation of the word "Off/on your game"

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