off the track prepositional phrase3 •Derailed, of a railway carriage, etc. •Away from the proper subject; irrelevant, unrelated.I shall have to tell Ralphie of this, lest he get any ideas. ¶ Okay, I’ve gotten completely off the track, so let’s get back to Earl, who had run into a roadblock in his desire to administer wedgies. — 2005 •Not on right course; inaccurate.
