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"gone off the rails" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe something or someone that has deviated from its intended course or has become chaotic or out of control. Example: The company's new social media campaign has gone off the rails, with numerous typos and inappropriate posts causing backlash from customers.
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Now we have gone off the rails.
Barak, the former prime minister, was more succinct, tweeting that Netanyahu had "gone off the rails".
To Nahum Barnea, a veteran and respected columnist, the primary showed Likud had "gone off the rails" and provided Ms. Livni with a "good starting point".
Eleven coaches of a passenger train have gone off the rails in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, killing at least one person, officials said.
"Gove has gone off the rails.
America Has Gone Off the Rails.
The Internet bandwagon has gone off the rails.
But Dieudonné's career has gone off the rails.
Now it has gone off the rails, into Virgin territory.
I might have gone off the rails completely.
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The party has shifted right, but it hasn't gone off the rails.
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