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off limits

 adjective
     
off limits

be off limits

a) if a place is off limits, you are not allowed to go there [= out of bounds]
be off limits to/for
Footpaths are, of course, off limits to bikers.
b) if a subject is off limits, you are not allowed to talk about it:
Unlike most group discussions, nothing was off limits.
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