out (of something)

out (of something)
*out (of something)
1. gone; having left some place; absent from a place; escaped. (*Typically: be \out (of something); get \out (of something).) •

The monkey is out of its cage.

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Sam is out of the building at present.

2. having no more of something. (*Typically: be\out (of something); run \out (of something).) •

Sorry, we are fresh out of cucumbers.

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We ran out of catsup and mustard halfway through the picnic.

3. free of the responsibility of doing something. (*Typically: get\out (of something).) •

Are you trying to get out of this job?

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You agreed to do it, and you can't get out of it!


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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