out of practice
14
4.6
- idiom
:
falto de práctica
- I haven't moved in quite some time, so I am out of practice there.
- just out of practice
- a little out of practice
- get out of practice
How can someone be out of practice with talking?
- How can someone be out of practice with talking?
- Try this today in your life, a moment you really see them, really see them, and they let themselves be seen, which we're still out of practice of in our society.
Examples
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Kids and parents get out of practice.
Fiction book (1995) -
I think the hardest part is just being out of practice for so long.
Blog text (27) -
How can someone be out of practice with talking?
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Are you out of practice?
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"I am out of practice, and my eyes are bad.
Fiction book (1996) -
I feel so out of practice at this like YouTube stuff after just two weeks.
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For a man who had been out of practice for so long, it was splendid.
Fiction book (1998) -
I cooked nothing but beans for two years so I am out of practice.
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Hector is more anxious than he should be, out of practice at fatherhood.
Fiction book (1993) -
After a long break from playing the piano, she realized she was out of practice.
Synonyms
57
4.0
Not as good at something because you have not practiced it recently
Antonyms
How Skilled
3
3.5
172
3.5
14
4.6
66
3.4
31
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'out of practice' is directly compositional: 'out of' signals lack or absence and 'practice' refers to repeated exercise of a skill, so together they denote lacking recent practice and reduced proficiency. This follows a common English pattern (and similar patterns cross-linguistically), so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
The phrase out of practice comes from a simple image: if you are out of regular practice, for example not playing the piano or training at the gym, your hands get stiff and your skill becomes weaker. So out of practice means 'not as skilled as before' because you have not practiced recently.