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offlimits

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off-lim⋅its

  [awf-lim-its, of-]
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–adjective
forbidden to be patronized, frequented, used, etc., by certain persons: The tavern is off-limits to soldiers.
Origin:
1950–55, Americanism
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off-limits 
OED says first attested 1952, in a U.S. military (Korean War) sense, but almost certainly from WWII (cf. Bill Mauldin cartoons), if not WWI.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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