out of one's skull

out of one's skull
*out of one's skull
Sl. intoxicated. (*Typically: be \out of one's skull; go \out of one's skull.) •

Oh, man, I drank till I was out of my skull.

Two beers and he went out of his skull.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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