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out

Something that is out is not in. Polly opened the door and went out. If something using electricity is out, it is turned off or the electricity is not flowing.. Turn the light out before you leave. The power's out so nothing's working. I'm trying to find which light went out. Oh, no! The fire's gone out again. Something that moves out moves from the inside to a place that is not inside. He took the pen out of his pocket. Please, close the door as you go out. If you walk out that door, you can't come back. The car stopped and out came two men. far away We live out in the country. He's about half an hour out of Toronto. If someone is out, they are not in the place where someone is looking for them. You can't see the doctor now. He is out. to a number of people We'll give out the books after everyone has arrived. away Don't throw that out. I'm still using it. If something is out, you can look at or see it. the sun is out the flowers are out If something comes out of something, it comes from it. If something is out, it is available for sale. If something is out, it is not in fashion. If someone is out, they are not conscious. If a you are out of something, you had it before but you've used or sold all of it. If mathx/math is made out of mathy/math, mathy/math is the material that mathx/math is made of.

out

If someone is prevented from scoring in baseball, they make an out. There were two men on base and two outs. A way to escape is an out.

out

away from home they went out last night not allowed to continue to bat or run he was tagged out at second on a close play he fanned out (= extinct) being out or having grown cold threw his extinct cigarette into the stream the fire is out not worth considering as a possibility a picnic is out because of the weather moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden the cat came out from under the bed out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election now the Democrats are out directed outward or serving to direct something outward the out doorway the out basket no longer fashionable that style is out these days outside or external the out surface of a ship's hull outer or outlying the out islands reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle The gay actor was outed last week Someone outed a CIA agent be made known; be disclosed or revealed The truth will out (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball you only get 3 outs per inning (= away) from one's possession he gave out money to the poor gave away the tickets to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality This actor outed last year (= forbidden, taboo) excluded from use or mention forbidden fruit in our house dancing and playing cards were out a taboo subject (= knocked out) knocked unconscious by a heavy blow

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Simple sentences

I hate those spiders. They're always there to freak me out when I'm cleaning.
Most people have great disinclinations to get out of bed early, even if they have to.
Since you have a cold, you must not go out.
I can not make out at all what you say.
Watch out! There's a big hole there.
We set out on our journey full of hope.
A fire broke out on the first floor.
We didn't mean to leave Mary out of the plan.
Cut it out!
Mary took out the eggs one by one.
Look out for bees.
Mr White read out some letters of thanks to his students.
Excuse me; allow me to point out three errors in the above article.
We're getting out of here. The cops are coming.
Shut the door on your way out.
Close the door on your way out.
Despite Trang's constant affirmations of love, Spenser is still afraid someday she will fall out of love with him.
The student decided to abridge his paper by taking out unnecessary details.
My parents would repudiate my brother if they ever found out he was gay.
Con artists take advantage of the credulity of inexperienced investors and swindle them out of their money.
It's just five in the morning, but nevertheless it is light out.
I'm running out of ideas.
I ran out of ideas.
I suggest that we go out on Friday.
He jumped out the window.
Please will you close the door when you go out.
No one will find out.
You are free to go out.
Did you go out last night?
You must not go out today.

Movie subtitles

We found out about it..
I'll wait till you come out.
She's with Yoon to help him out.
We'll be in trouble if the lady comes out. Hurry, let's leave.
I heard that I was dying but I didn't find out how much time I have left.
I will not go out without the keys.
Take your hand off, get out!
If I sleep out there, I will be caught.
If you concentrate on Zero too much, they will pull the rug out from under you!
Please get out of the way!
Look out!
A test to find out the length of duration, huh?
Get out of here, you Britannian pigs!
Let's hurry up and get out of here.
Let's figure out a better use for this special zone of yours.
Wipe them out!
We're figuring that out!
Wipe out all Britannian forces!
The Netherlands continue to play an important role in an area where new discoveries are still being made, new instruments are being developed and the frontiers of our know-how and knowledge are constantly being pushed out.
We're dealing with religions fanatics! We have to dominate them, or they'll drive us out and the British will take our place.
A new world could come out of the union of the East and the West.
We'll be able to pull out all the stops.
I swear we'll take out the trash by any means necessary!
Here you go. Now get the fuck out of here, you junkie.
Suspended on the spot, get sent home, your parents freak out, and that's why I won't let anybody in my crew touch the stuff.
It says so right here, but I took some home and set the table with them, and my mom freaked out and sent me to my room, and her boyfriend even kept laughing!
Yeah, I told you we were friends, and friends help each other out.
I know you'd help me out if I needed it. Oh, you bet, Frankie.
How's he going to find out?
Frankie set up a distraction so I could make the catch without Nick finding out.
Frankie was up to something- - I could feel it-- And I needed to find out what.
Well, I was just trying to figure out how your brother's still getting PBJs into the yard even after Pork Chop got busted.
You should think about getting out of the game for a while.
If my brother found out, he'd freak. And repays me by calling me a liar.
When I found out about Johnny, my first plan was to walk up to him and punch him in the nose.
Get out of here.
Me and my crew hang out at the top of the slide so I can see what's going on in the whole yard, most of which I control.

News and current affairs

That is why the war's great hero, Winston Churchill, was voted out of office in the summer of 1945, even before Japan surrendered.
The rise of right-wing populism reflects revived yearnings for pure national communities that keep immigrants and minorities out.
Germans certainly use this argument to stay out of the action wherever possible.
Those civil rights initiatives on the part of NATO reflect the increasingly workmanlike way that Russia, Europe, and America now work out their disagreements.
Later, Maurice Obstfeld pointed out that, in addition to fiscal transfers, a currency union needs clearly defined rules for the lender of last resort.
Europe's leaders cannot carry out large transfers across countries indefinitely without a coherent European political framework.
If the advanced-country scenario is right, many developing countries will lose out and experience sharply diminished growth.
Our economy has not been adversely affected by staying out.
After all, it hesitated little a few years ago to put a current member state, Austria, on notice that it was watching out for the welfare of that country's democracy.
As the Stern report points out, as usual, the poor are the most vulnerable.
A pan-European opinion survey, which has been carried out for many years, allows us to relate the two.
There is a no easy way out.
Debt crises tend to come out of the blue, hitting countries whose debt trajectories simply have no room for error or unplanned adversity.
To be sure, Bernie Madoff may yet be proved right, and his will not turn out to be the biggest Ponzi scheme ever.
Just last December, fellow economists Martin Feldstein and Nouriel Roubini each penned op-eds bravely questioning bullish market sentiment, sensibly pointing out gold's risks.
Farmers will be able to buy inputs, either out of their own cash, or by borrowing against their improved creditworthiness.
He saw one black male standing inside the house and asked him to come out.
The man, still refusing to step out, said he was a Harvard professor, showed his ID, and warned the cop not to mess with him.
He said something about black men in America being singled out, and asked the cop, who was white, for his name and identification.
By having made such a big issue out of what was in fact a relatively minor event Gates could be accused of trivializing much worse instances of abuse.
Kenen was mainly concerned with short-term transfers to smooth out cyclical bumpiness.
But, in a currency union with huge differences in income and development levels, the short term can stretch out for a very long time.
Many people confuse these two aspects of the EU's legitimacy problem, and believe that somehow turnout in European elections can be increased by pointing out to people how good and important the EU is.
During the heyday of Irish terrorism in the UK, successive British governments went out of their way not to concede to the IRA the notion that a war was being waged.
In the US, when oil prices go up, incomes in Texas and Montana rise, which means that these states then contribute more tax revenue to the federal budget, thereby helping out the rest of the country.