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The tortoise-shell toilet set on our mother's dressing table was never off place by so much as a fraction of an inch.

I don't understand "off place by so much as".

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What does this mean?
Would you change this into easy English?

The tortoise-shell toilet set on our mother's dressing table was never off place by so much as a fraction of an inch.

I don't understand "off place by so much as".

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It was never moved from its correct position even a tiny bit. Off of its place by even, you could say.

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