off the horn

prepositional phrase

Used to describe very hard steak, as though cut from the horn of the animal.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. humorousUsed to describe very hard steak, as though cut from the horn of the animal.

    […] the butcher's joint of beef was undoubtedly a cut off the horn.

    1955, Helen Ostler Wilson, Land of My Children, page 5
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APA

off the horn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off%20the%20horn

MLA

“off the horn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off%20the%20horn. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “off the horn,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off%20the%20horn.

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