off the grid

== English == === Alternative forms === off-the-grid === Pronunciation === === Adjective === off the grid (of a home, business, or the occupants thereof) Not using electricity from the public electrical supply system. Not reachable via a publicly available communication system, such as the Internet or a mobile telephone network. (idiomatic) Isolated; in a remote location; in seclusion; not participating in some official process or system. Synonyms: off-grid, incommunicado ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === off the grid In or into a situation or place in which electricity from the public electricity system is not used. (idiomatic) In or into a clandestine or isolated situation or place, especially one in which public communication is curtailed. (idiomatic) Secretly; in a clandestine manner.