out of
preposition (ORIGIN)Definition
› used to describe where something came from or began: She dresses like a character out of a 19th-century novel. I paid for the computer out of (= using some of) my savings.From, out and outside
(Definition of out of preposition (ORIGIN) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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out of preposition (BECAUSE OF)
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out of preposition (FROM AMONG)
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out of preposition (MADE FROM)
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out of preposition (NO LONGER IN)
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out of preposition (NOT INVOLVED)
- out of preposition (ORIGIN)
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out of sight idiom
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out of sight, out of mind idiom
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out of station idiom
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out of the blue idiom
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out of the frying pan into the fire idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- al fresco adjective, adverb
- door noun
- exterior adjective
- exterior noun
- external adjective
- from preposition (DISTANCE)
- from preposition (PLACE)
- from preposition (POSITION)
- from preposition (PREVENTING)
- from preposition (PROTECTION)
- inside adverb, preposition, adjective
- open noun (NOT ENCLOSED)
- out adverb, preposition (AWAY FROM INSIDE)
- outdoor adjective
- outdoors adverb, noun
- outer adjective
- outermost adjective
- outside adverb, preposition
- outside noun (LARGEST AMOUNT)
- outta preposition
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