off the cuff
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off the cuff
Where it comes from
Purported to be from the habit by after-dinner speakers of jotting a few notes on the cuff of the sleeve.
phrase
- In an off-the-cuff manner. Nor was there anything off the cuff about their insistence that Manuel Pellegrini was happy to make the name of his replacement public knowledge, echoing his sentiment that they were “not doing anything behind me” from a press conference earlier in the same day.
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prep_phrase in an off-the-cuff manner
| Español | impromptu |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | aus dem Stegreif, ohne nachzudenken, aus dem Stand, aus dem Handgelenk |
Talk about this word "off the cuff." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/off%20the%20cuff. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. off the cuff. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/off%20the%20cuff "off the cuff." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/off%20the%20cuff.Cite this
@misc{off_the_cuff_2026,
title = {off the cuff},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/off%20the%20cuff},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
