off the charts
informalDefinition
› at a very high level: His blood pressure was off the chartsEnormousBig and quite big › mainly US extremely popular or successful: The new restaurant is totally off the charts.Successful (things or people)
(Definition of off the charts from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- Delaying and wasting time
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Synonyms and related words:
- a heavy hitter idiom
- achiever noun
- alpha male noun
- ascendant noun
- bandwagon noun
- buoyant adjective (SUCCESSFUL)
- go a long way idiom
- go with a bang idiom
- have (got) it made idiom
- have sth in your pocket idiom
- have the world at your feet idiom
- Midas noun
- performer noun (DO)
- press/push the right button(s) idiom
- prizewinning adjective
- record-breaking adjective
- reformed character noun
- rising star noun
- smash noun (SUCCESSFUL FILM/SONG)
- wunderkind noun
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