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  1. Off Limits

    Off Limits is a 1988 action-thriller film set during the Vietnam War starring Willem Dafoe and Gregory Hines and directed by Christopher Crowe. The term "off limits" referred to the area where the original crime took place, an area of Saigon off limits to military personnel. The name of the film was changed to Saigon or Saigon: Off Limits when it was released throughout the rest of the world. The film marks Willem Dafoe's second Vietnam War movie. He was assisted in preparing for this role by Vietnam Veteran and former Counterintelligence Special Agent Ed Murphy. Dafoe had previously starred in Platoon and would go on to play roles in Born on the Fourth of July and Flight of the Intruder.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of off limits in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of off limits in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of off limits in a Sentence

  1. Annie Lucas:

    The idea of Iran being off limits to Americans is just a ‘feeling’.

  2. Shiv Vishvanathan:

    Religious communities, ethnic groups, historical figures are all off-limits.

  3. Charles McGee:

    Back in those days, the city of Tuskegee was off limits, and the sheriff wasn't a friend. You didn't buy gas or walk down the street in certain areas.

  4. Cassie Smedile:

    With Democrats controlling every lever of our government, these efforts have only become more flagrant and pervasive. No institution, agency or classroom is off limits, the American people deserve to be made fully aware of the radical Left's schemes, and we'll continue to expose them.

  5. E. B. White:

    Liberty is never out of bounds or off limits; it spreads wherever it can capture the imagination of men.


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