off season

off season

1. noun A period of reduced or minimal business activity. The small beach town is very crowded in the summer, but it's almost completely deserted in the off season. I try to travel during the off season, because everything is so much cheaper then.
2. adjective Of or relating to such a period of minimal business activity. Hyphenated when used before a noun. The off-season rates are less than half what they were charging during the peak season. It's off season now, so I doubt there will be too many shops open.
3. adverb During such a period of minimal business activity. Hyphenated when used before a noun. My wife and I travel off season because it costs less and we don't like to be among big crowds of tourists.
See also: off, season
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

off season

not in the busy time of the year. We don't have much to do off season. Things are very quiet around here off season.
See also: off, season
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • angle
  • angling
  • jack
  • jacked
  • jacking
  • swag
  • wear (one's) apron high
  • high
  • high, wide, and handsome
  • fire and brimstone
References in periodicals archive
One of the most respected coaches in the capital, Shravan said Ishant preferred to go to his friend Rajeev Mahajan's academy to work on his bowling during the off season.
Don't focus on the loss of revenue during the off season. Rather, get proactive and aggressive in driving new revenue streams.
There's no better time than the off season to make that determination.
To keep her busy during the off season, she is also considering offering a service hanging Christmas window lights in the winter months.
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"You have to sell during the off season to have a good holiday season," adds Stafford
"We pay them to come to in-house continuing education during the off season. I think it's the right thing to do.
During the entire period, the taxpayer made annual visits to the units (usually for two nights), but did so during the off season and did not use the facilities except to sleep and eat.
An impending battle has the potential to affect the campers, and suddenly, all that you hoped for, dreamed of, and planned for during the off season seems to crumble, leaving you to wonder what went wrong.
A workshop owner, Abdul Aziz, told the reporter here on Friday that most farmers order for the machines in advance to get concession in prices due to off season. He said that
"The game plan has to be with an ownership group that has the financial wherewithal to develop the site into a four-season (destination) - developing condominiums, more hotel rooms, a golf course - to definitely attract conference business in (off season) months and some summertime leisure traffic.
The taxpayers asserted that they spent in excess of 170 hours in each of the five years during the off season in the cleaning and maintenance of the condominium.
The panelists agreed that neighbors should be permitted, selectively, to use camp property for hunting, fishing, and other outdoor uses during the off season. Because bottles, fishing hooks, cans, and other debris are potential hazards for campers, measures should be taken to minimize risks.
He said that farmers who would follow the formula during off season would get good results, says a handout issued here.