| out | |
| See also individual phrasal verbs such as come out, go out, put out, take out, pull out, and so on. | |
| 1. adv. Away from the inside or the centre. | |
| The magician pulled the rabbit out of the hat. | |
| 2. adv. Away from home or one's usual place. | |
| Let's eat out tonight | |
| 3. adv. Outside; not indoors. | |
| Last night we slept out under the stars. | |
| 4. adv. Away from; at a distance. | |
| Keep out! | |
| 5. adv. Into a state of non-operation; into non-existence. | |
| Switch the lights out. | |
| Put the fire out. | |
| 6. adv. To the end; completely. | |
| I hadn't finished. Hear me out. | |
| 7. adv. Used to intensify or emphasize. | |
| The place was all decked out for the holidays. | |
| 8. adv. (of the sun, moon, stars, etc.) So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc. | |
| The sun came out after the rain, and we saw a rainbow. | |
| 9. adv. (cricket, baseball) Of a player, so as to be disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing team (such as being stumped in cricket). | |
| Wilson was bowled out for five runs. | |
| 10. prep. (nonstandard, contraction of out of) Away from the inside. | |
| He threw it out the door. | |
| 11. prep. (colloquial) Outside. | |
| It's raining out. | |
| It's cold out. | |
| 12. n. A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc. | |
| They wrote the law to give those organizations an out. | |
| 13. n. (baseball) A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fieldi | |
| 14. n. (cricket) A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicke | |
| 15. n. (poker) A card which can make a hand a winner. | |
| 16. n. (dated) A trip out; an outing. | |
| 17. n. (mostly, in plural) One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office. | |
| 18. n. A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space. | |
| 19. n. (printing, dated) A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission. | |
| 20. v. To eject; to expel. | |
| 21. v. To reveal (a person) to be gay, bisexual, or transgender. | |
| 22. v. To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective. | |
| 23. v. To reveal (a secret). | |
| A Brazilian company outed the new mobile phone design. | |
| 24. v. (intransitive, archaic) To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public. | |
| 25. v. To become apparent. | |
| 26. adj. Not at home; not at one's office or place of employment. | |
| I'm sorry, Mr Smith is out at the moment. | |
| 27. adj. Released, available for purchase, download or other use. | |
| Did you hear? Their newest CD is out! | |
| 28. adj. (in various games; used especially of a batsman or batter in cricket or baseball) Dismissed from play under the rules of the game. | |
| He bowls, Johnson pokes at it ... and ... Johnson is out! Caught behind by Ponsonby! | |
| 29. adj. Openly acknowledging that one is gay or transgender. | |
| It's no big deal to be out in the entertainment business. | |
| 30. adj. (of flowers) In bloom. | |
| The garden looks beautiful now that the roses are out. | |
| 31. adj. (of the sun, moon or stars) Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds. | |
| The sun is out, and it's a lovely day. | |
| 32. adj. (of lamps, fires etc.) Not shining or burning. | |
| I called round to the house but all the lights were out and no one was home. | |
| 33. adj. (of ideas, plans, etc.) Discarded; no longer a possibility. | |
| Right, so that idea's out. Let's move on to the next one. | |
| 34. adj. No longer popular or in fashion. | |
| Black is out this season. The new black is white. | |
| 35. adj. Without; no longer in possession of; not having more | |
| Do you have any bread? Sorry, we're out. | |
| 36. adj. (of calculations or measurements) Containing errors or discrepancies; in error by a stated amount. | |
| Nothing adds up in this report. All these figures are out. | |
| The measurement was out by three millimetres. | |
| 37. adj. (obsolete) Of a young lady: having entered society and available to be courted. | |
| 38. interj. (procedure word, especially, military) A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and does not expect a response. | |
| Destruction. Two T-72s destroyed. Three foot mobiles down. Out. | |
