out of season

out of season
out of season
1. not now available for sale. •

Sorry, oysters are out of season. We don't have any.

Watermelon is out of season in the winter.

2. Fig. not now legally able to be hunted or caught. •

Are salmon out of season?

I caught a trout out of season and had to pay a fine.

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{adv. phr.} 1. Not at the right or lawful time for hunting or catching. * /The boys were caught fishing out of season./ 2. Not at the usual time for growing and selling. * /The corn we get out of season is different from the kind we grow here./ Contrast: IN SEASON.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • out of season — {adv. phr.} 1. Not at the right or lawful time for hunting or catching. * /The boys were caught fishing out of season./ 2. Not at the usual time for growing and selling. * /The corn we get out of season is different from the kind we grow here./… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • out of season — ► if fruit and vegetables are out of season, they do not grow in the area at that time of the year: »out of season vegetables »Some produce travels halfway across the world so that we can eat fruits and vegetables out of season. ► during the… …   Financial and business terms

  • Out of season — Out Out (out), adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [=u]t, and [=u]te, [=u]tan, fr. [=u]t; akin to D. uit, OS. [=u]t, G. aus, OHG. [=u]z, Icel. [=u]t, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud. [root]198. Cf. {About}, {But}, prep., {Carouse}, {Utter}, a.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Out of Season — may refer to: Out of Season (album), a 2002 album by Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man Out of Season (film), a 1975 British film Out of Season (2004 film), a 2004 film featuring Dennis Hopper and Gina Gershon Out of Season (short story), from Three… …   Wikipedia

  • Out of season — Season Sea son, n. [OE. sesoun, F. saison, properly, the sowing time, fr. L. satio a sowing, a planting, fr. serere, satum, to sow, plant; akin to E. sow, v., to scatter, as seed.] 1. One of the divisions of the year, marked by alterations in the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Out of Season — est un album de Beth Gibbons et de l ancien bassiste du groupe Talk Talk, Paul Webb (sous le pseudonyme Rustin Man). Il est sorti en 2002 au Royaume Uni et 2003 aux États Unis. Le premier titre de l album, « Mysteries », fait partie de… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Out of Season — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Out of Season[1] Originaltitel Out of Season …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • out of season — 1. at the time of year when hunting or fishing is not legal. He got fined for killing a deer out of season. 2. not available fresh locally. Asparagus is out of season now and really expensive. 3. at the time of year when something is not popular …   New idioms dictionary

  • out of season — 1) at a time of the year when most people do not go to a place Out of season Formentera is very popular with writers and artists. 2) not grown at the normal time or under normal conditions I don t like to use food that is out of season. 3) at a… …   English dictionary

  • out of season — phrasal : not in season; especially : available or marketed at other than the usual local season out of season fruits get tomatoes out of season …   Useful english dictionary

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