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Thesaurus: go off the reservation
go off the reservation (third-person singular simple present goes off the reservation, present participle going off the reservation, simple past went off the reservation, past participle gone off the reservation) (litera…
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- go off the reservation (third-person singular simple present goes off the reservation, present participle going off the reservation, simple past went off the reservation, past participle gone off the reservation) (literally) To leave a reservation to which one was restricted. (US, politics) To break with one's party or group, usually temporarily. (by extension) To engage in disruptive activity outside normal bounds.