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Definitions

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out of
     1. prep. From the inside to the outside of; having emerged from.
           The audience came out of the theater.
           The cat is out of the bag
     2. prep. Not part of.
           This is out of my area of expertise.
     3. prep. With the motivation of.
           I give money to charity out of pity.
           She asked the question out of mere curiosity.
     4. prep. Without; no longer in possession of; not having more
           Sorry, we're out of bread.
     5. prep. Not in a customary or desired state.
           They will soon be out of business.
           This train will be going out of service at the next station.
     6. prep. Expressing a fraction or a ratio.
           Only three out of a thousand are born with this rare disease
           Out of the entire class, only Cynthia completed the work.
     7. prep. (nautical) Stating the port in which a boat has been registered.
           There's the Titanic out of Liverpool.
     8. prep. (US, informal) Stating someone's home town or place of origin.
           Turns out he's some rapper out of New York called Buster Bigmouth.
     9. prep. (horse breeding) Designating a horse's female parent (dam); cf. by.
           She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress.
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.

Example Sentences

I'm out of school now. 
It's out of your hands now. 
We'll be out of this soon. 
He walks out of the room. 
Get her ass out of here! 



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