off the grid

Meanings

1. Of a home, business, or the occupants thereof, not using electricity from the public electrical supply system.
2. Not reachable by means of a publicly available communication system, such as the Internet or a mobile telephone network.
3. Isolated; in a remote location; in seclusion; not participating in some official process or system.

1. In or into a situation or place in which electricity from the public electricity system is not used.
2. In or into a clandestine or isolated situation or place, especially one in which public communication is curtailed.
3. Secretly; in a clandestine manner.