Idiom
out of whack
Meaning
Wrong, broken; specifically
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My watch is out of whack and shows the wrong time.”
“The printer has been out of whack since the power went out yesterday morning.”
“After the long journey, his internal clock was completely out of whack, leaving him exhausted and confused.”
Examples
simple
“My watch is out of whack and shows the wrong time.”
contextual
“The printer has been out of whack since the power went out yesterday morning.”
complex
“After the long journey, his internal clock was completely out of whack, leaving him exhausted and confused.”
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