off base vs wide of mark

off base

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  • Mistaken; misguided; somewhat wrong in opinion or judgment. 

  • Positioned somewhere between the bases, and hence vulnerable to being caught out. 

  • Incorrect or inappropriate; not properly executed, envisioned, or understood. 

  • Situated or happening outside the boundaries of a military base. 

wide of mark

How often have the words off base and wide of mark occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )