# off the chain

> English word · Prep_phrase

## Definitions
1. Free from work or direct supervision.
2. Crazy and exciting; delirious and wild.
3. Completely insane; crazy.

## Etymology
In reference to slave labor, where workers are chained, or to the figurative chain of workers of an assembly line. Slang sense by analogy to a frenetic dog when unleashed.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/off-the-chain