āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
off limits
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off-limits
off limits
01
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻ āĻā§āĻāĻ˛
referring to a place or area where access is restricted or prohibited
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Due to safety concerns, access to the abandoned building is strictly off-limits.
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§, āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻ¨ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāĻ ā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĨ¤
02
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ§
(of a topic, etc.) prohibited or considered inappropriate for conversation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The company 's financial situation was off limits during casual conversations among coworkers.
āĻ¸āĻšāĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻĨā§āĻĒāĻāĻĨāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
