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Italian
Etymology
Literally, “to leave from the railroad tracks”.
Verb
uscìre dai binari (first-person singular present èsco dai binari, first-person singular past historic uscìi dai binari, past participle uscìto dai binari, auxiliary èssere)
- (idiomatic, intransitive) to deviate from an orthodoxy, course of action, etc.; to fall out of line; to go off the rails
2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:Non mi vorranno mica sparare per essere uscito dai binari una volta?- They wouldn’t shoot me for going off the rails just once?
- (literally, “They would not want to, say, shoot me for going off the rails once?”)