go off the reservation (English, verb)
expansion: go off the reservation (third-person singular simple present goes off the reservation, present participle going off the reservation, simple past went off the reservation, past participle gone off the reservation)
Senses:
glosses: To leave an Indian reservation to which one was restricted.
tags: derogatory
literally
topics: government
politics
glosses: To break with one's party or group, usually temporarily.
tags: US
glosses: To engage in disruptive activity outside normal bounds.
tags: broadly
glosses: To act in an independent, uncontrolled, or unauthorized manner.
tags: broadly
Forms:
form: goes off the reservation
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: going off the reservation
tags: participle
present
form: went off the reservation
tags: past
form: gone off the reservation
tags: participle
past