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out
Preposition
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Something that is out is not in.
Polly opened the door and went out.
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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.
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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.
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far away
We live out in the country.
He's about half an hour out of Toronto.
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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.
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to a number of people
We'll give out the books after everyone has arrived.
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away
Don't throw that out. I'm still using it.
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If something is out, you can look at or see it.
the sun is out
the flowers are out
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If something comes out of something, it comes from it.
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If something is out, it is available for sale.
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If something is out, it is not in fashion.
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If someone is out, they are not conscious.
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If a you are out of something, you had it before but you've used or sold all of it.
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If mathx/math is made out of mathy/math, mathy/math is the material that mathx/math is made of.
out
Noun
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If someone is prevented from scoring in baseball, they make an out.
There were two men on base and two outs.
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A way to escape is an out.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
reach
Verb
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If you reach a level, you get to that level.
Seven mice were born, six living long enough to reach adulthood.
The car can reach its peak speed in under 10 seconds.
These trees have reached heights of more than 100 feet.
On Jan. 6, the temperature reached 67 degrees in Portland, an all-time high for the month.
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If you reach a conclusion, agreement, etc. you keep working, talking, thinking, etc. until the ideas come together.
They came to the same conclusion I had reached: it wasn't working.
It appears unlikely that an agreement will be reached until the leadership changes.
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If you reach for something, you put your hand out to touch it.
He reached in his pocket and he came out with an envelope.
I stood up, reached for my wallet, and counted out my cash.
I reached to touch her arm but she pulled away.
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If you reach a place, you get there.
By the time we had reached our destination, it was already past midnight.
Our goal was to reach Clewiston on the west side of Lake Okeechobee.
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If something reaches a place, it is long enough or tall enough to touch that place.
My hair is long enough to reach my waist.
reach
Noun
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Your reach is the distance that you can move your body to touch something.
We had to keep the tools outside of the elephants' reach so they wouldn't take them.
The keys were just out of reach.
All controls are within easy reach of the driver.
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If something is within reach of somewhere, you can get to it easily from there; it's close.
They were within easy reach of a hospital.
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The outer reaches of a place are the parts that are furthest away from the centre or from the start.
The tree is found in New Mexico and up into the upper reaches of the Colorado River system.
The Voyager spacecraft travelled to the outer reaches of the galaxy.
My father and his brother had gone to the northern reaches of Alaska.