off the top of your head meaning?

Question

What's the meaning of "off the top of your head" idiom? Please give me some examples!

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Idiom Conjugations:

 

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Gerund Form of the Idiom:

Speaking off the top of your head is sometimes necessary.
 

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Idiom Usage:

Off the top of your head can be used formally or informally.
 

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Idiom Scenario 3:

off the top of your head  

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Idiom Scenario 2:

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Two friends are talking about a popular TV program ...

Friend 1:  Has the new season of The Running Dead started yet?
Friend 2: I'm not sure.  I haven't looked at the TV Guide recently.
Friend 1:  Off the top of your head?
Friend 2: Off the top of my head, I'd have to say, no, the new season hasn't started yet.

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Idiom Scenario 1:

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A last minute business meeting is in progress ...

Boss:  Welcome everyone.  Sam, could you kick off the meeting, please, with a breakdown of this quarter's numbers?
Sam:  As this meeting was called at the last minute, I didn't have a chance to prepare anything.
Boss: You are familiar enough with the data.  Give us the information off the top of your head.

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Idiom Definition:

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"off the top of your head"

to say something without thinking about the subject too much, relying on memory only; extemporaneous

Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporaneous, extempory, fake, free, impromptu, improvise, improvisatory, made-up, makeshift, offhand, off-the-cuff, on-the-spot, snap, spontaneous, spur, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unrehearsed, unstudied, winging