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paok1970
 
Reply Sun 2 Jul, 2017 12:44 pm
What does "TO BE OFF THE CASE" mean?

Would you please give me a few examples of how to use the above phrase/expression correctly?

Thank you.
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Reply Sun 2 Jul, 2017 01:20 pm
Idiomatic/slang - to be removed from, or to leave, a team working on some task, originally a police investigation.

Joe was working on the robbery investigation, but now he's off the case.
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