out of

preposition (FROM AMONG)

Definition

B1 from among an amount or number: Nine out of ten people said they liked the product. No one got 20 out of 20 (= all the answers correct) in the test.

(Definition of out of preposition (FROM AMONG) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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out of harm's way idiom
out of hours idiom
out of it idiom
out of order idiom
out of preposition (BECAUSE OF)
out of preposition (FROM AMONG)
out of preposition (MADE FROM)
out of preposition (NO LONGER IN)
out of preposition (NOT INVOLVED)
out of preposition (ORIGIN)
out of sight idiom

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