out-of-town
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3.2
- adjective
- /ˈaʊt əv taʊn/
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de otra ciudad
- Yeah, it's just that uh, a lot of the bridesmaids came from out of town, so I just had to keep it really low-key.
- out-of-town travel
My wife is out of town and she took the baby and the dog with her.
- My wife is out of town and she took the baby and the dog with her.
- And so I reached out to her or actually Rabbi Hershey did, and he was told she would be out of town and couldn't see it.
- I sneaked out to go meet up with this guy that at the time I was talking to, I was like, oh, my family's out of town.
- And I think, and she was out of town and I think this fear just came up instilled in her from maybe from a few coincidental events.
- Or they might say, yeah, I did fool around with someone else while you were out of town.
Examples
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My father told my mother he was going out of town for the weekend on business.
Fiction book (1994) -
The conference will attract many out-of-town attendees who are eager to network and share ideas.
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I have to be out of town every other week.
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We're from out of town.
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They were going out of town that weekend and wanted to know if they could still use the cream.
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She said you were out of town for the weekend.
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The line of cars trying to get out of town is a quarter-mile long.
Fiction book (1995) -
Her outgoing message said she would be out of town until Sunday night.
Fiction book (1992) -
My friends are visiting from out-of-town this weekend, and we have planned several activities together.
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She received a package from her out-of-town relatives filled with homemade cookies.
Synonyms
Not from the local area or community
Antonyms
How Local
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Out-of-town comes from the simple parts out and town, meaning 'outside the town'. So it describes people, events, or things that are in or coming from another town, in other words 'not local'.