out
- adjective
- /aʊt/
- And by that time, it was out of my hands.
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- And by that time, it was out of my hands.
Examples
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However, the price point is out of control.
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I am not, repeat not out to remake the world.
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Well, the school didn't pay their electric bill, so we're out here now.
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The out-of-date, pink tile in the bathroom?
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She finally felt comfortable being an out member of the LGBTQ+ community.
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After years of living in the shadows, he decided to embrace being out and proud.
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The actor has become an out advocate for equal rights in the entertainment industry.
Synonyms
Not allowed by law, rules, or custom
Feeling left out of a group or activity
Not allowed by law or by an authority
Not allowed by a social or cultural rule
No longer current or in use
Not popular or stylish now
No longer fashionable or useful
Not allowed by rules or by social custom
Not allowed by law or by people in charge
Antonyms
Idioms
Someone quotes words without the surrounding information, making the meaning seem wrong
- Informal
Not having any left of something or having just finished something like school
- Informal
An idea or hope that is suddenly ignored and can no longer happen
Compounds
A celebration when someone tells friends and family about their sexual orientation or gender identity
A sale where a shop sells everything at low prices because it is closing
Many people are absent from work or school because they are sick, causing big problems
- NSFW
Withdrawing the penis from a partner's vagina before he releases sperm to try to avoid pregnancy
- Specialized
A way of keeping items so the oldest ones are used or sold first
- Specialized
An inventory method where the newest items are counted as sold first
- Jargon
A baseball out that happens when a fielder holding the ball touches the base a runner must reach
- Jargon
To throw the ball outside the strike zone to stop a runner from stealing a base
How Fashionable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Out comes from an old English word ūt meaning 'outside', so when a style is out it is put 'outside' the current fashion and not worn anymore.