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out of fashion



Definitions

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out of fashion
     1. prep. Unfashionable, not in fashion.
Analysis
out
           See also individual phrasal verbs such as come out, go out, put out, take out, pull out, and so on.
     1. adv. Away from the inside or the centre.
           The magician pulled the rabbit out of the hat.
     2. adv. Away from home or one's usual place.
           Let's eat out tonight
of
     1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
     2. prep.          (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
     3. prep.          (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
     4. prep.          From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
                    There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
fashion
     1. n. A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons.
     2. n. Popular trends.
           Check out the latest in fashion.
     3. n. A style or manner in which something is done.
     4. n. The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; workmanship; execution.

Example Sentences

It's out of fashion, my boy. 
Dressing down should have taken the sting out of fashion snobbery. 
Pomp and gravity tumbled far out of fashion



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