off the cuff

/ˈɒf ðə kˈʌf/

/ˈɔf ðə kˈʌf/

off the cuff

without any preparations or prior plans

Examples

1. Mr Baker was speaking off the cuff when he made those suggestions.

2. I hadn't prepared a speech so I just said a few words off the cuff.

3. Lots of people think I'm talking off the cuff right now in my videos, but baby, I've got a Google Doc of jokes.

4. He just kind of rambles off the cuff, repeats the same thing over and over again and gets the crowd riled up that way.