off-limits
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adjective \ˈȯf-ˈli-məts\Definition of OFF-LIMITS
: not to be entered or patronized by a designated class (as military personnel); also : not to be interfered with, considered, or spoken of <the subject of sex was off–limits in her family>
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1945
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