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out-of-town

adjective [before noun]
 
 
/ˌaʊt.əvˈtaʊn/ US  /ˌaʊt̬.əv-/

Definition

in a place outside the main part of a town: an out-of-town shopping centreThe countryside coming from outside a town or from another town: an out-of-town visitor/businessman
(Definition of out-of-town adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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