off the board
Antonyms
Examples
Life is a checkerboard, and the player opposite you is time. If you hesitate before moving, or neglect to move promptly, your men will be wiped off the board by time. You are playing against a partner who will not tolerate indecision!
He is gone now. His shop is gone. Weld Square is gone. His life has been wiped clean off the board. But I wake in the night and I see his face and I hear his voice.
The odds on any intelligent person having an unhappy childhood are better than fair, and the odds on a sad ending are practically off the board.