to be off one's food

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to be off one's food - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Off \Off\, prep.
     Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed;
     two miles off the shore. --Addison.
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     Off hand. See Offhand.
  
     Off side
     (Football), out of play; -- said when a player has got in
                front of the ball in a scrimmage, or when the ball
                has been last touched by one of his own side
                behind him.
  
     To be off color,
     (a) to be of a wrong color.
     (b) to be mildly obscene.
  
     To be off one's food or To be off one's feed, (Colloq.)
        to have no appetite; to be eating less than usual.
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