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"off the wall" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can generally use it to describe something that is unusual, unexpected, or bizarre. For example: His ideas for the movie were totally off the wall, but we ended up making it anyway.
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off the wall
adjective
Alternative spelling for off-the-wall.
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She takes the clock off the wall.
"He beat it off the wall".
The first couple days it was ringing off the wall".
Alonso Berruguete's "Assumption of the Virgin" leaps off the wall.
One broke 10 years ago it fell off the wall.
Humpty Dumpty may fall off the wall".
Practice jumping off the wall.
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This isn't an off-the-wall question.
Sometimes, though, an off-the-wall outfit works.
"That's just off-the-wall".
That's an off-the-wall proposition.
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