off the grid
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Synonyms: off-the-grid
Antonyms: off-the-grid
Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.
Adjective
- Of a [[home]], [[business]], or the [[occupant]]s thereof, not using [[electricity]] from the [[public]] electrical supply system.
- Not [[reachable]] by means of a publicly available [[communication]] [[system]], such as the [[Internet]] or a [[mobile telephone]] [[network]].
- {{lb|en|idiomatic}} [[isolate|Isolated]]; in a remote location; in [[seclusion]]; not participating in some [[official]] process or system.
Adverb
- In or into a situation or place in which electricity from the public electricity system is not used.
- {{lb|en|idiomatic}} In or into a [[clandestine]] or [[isolated]] situation or place, especially one in which public communication is [[curtail]]ed.
- {{lb|en|idiomatic}} [[secretly|Secretly]]; in a clandestine manner.
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