off one's face

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off one's face

1. (slang) Extremely intoxicated, either by alcohol or drugs.

   Synonym: off one's head

   • 2023 June 30, Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, “I’ll never be a true hippie parent, but I can learn a lot from summer festival-goers”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     I try as much as possible not to judge other parents, but when, after midnight, you see a baby in ear defenders being hauled in a cart through a crowd of adults, all of whom are off their faces, while the infant cowers under a blanket, it doesn’t really seem in their best interests.