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Difference between Off one’s block and Off the blocks

off one’s block—(Austral. sl.) crazy, eccentric, or foolish:

  • Lexus is actually lying, or merely mistaken. Jeniard looks like he thinks Lexus is off his block.

off the blocks —(also: out of the blocks)—said of a fast start of an activity:

  • One of the first off the blocks has been Sainsbury which is set to launch wines from Tunisia at the end of this month.