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out

 
/ɑʊt/ prep, adv [not gradable] (FROM INSIDE)

Definition

from within to a place or position that is not inside a building or not enclosed or contained: I’m going out for a walk. He leaned out the window and waved. Our office looks out on a public park.
(Definition of out prep, adv (FROM INSIDE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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