out of
/ˈaʊt əv
/1Indicating the source or derivation of something; from: a bench fashioned out of a fallen tree trunk I get a lot of enjoyment out of teaching...
- Fashioned out of rich black walnut, the chair is as much art as it is furniture.
- Attempts were made to set fire to another bench created out of recycled plastic and part of this has melted.
- It's just a way of making lots and lots of money out of the tax payer.
1.1Having (the thing mentioned) as a motivation: he was acting out of spite...
- Does it mean acting out of fear and resentment rather than intelligence and restraint?
- Acting out of an exaggerated concern for risk tends to create real problems for society.
- If you have skimmed milk they'll push the bottle over just out of spite.
2Indicating the dam of a pedigree animal, especially a horse.Red Rum was out of a lunatic mare, and trained from the back of a car showroom in Southport....
- He's out of a Hanoverian mare from California named Over Ice. I
- The Kentucky-bred filly is out of the Green Dancer mare Whisper Who Dares.
3From among (a number): nine times out of ten, companies are the source of such information...
- Nine times out of ten this is a big mistake.
- In a survey of users, more than nine out of ten said they would be back.
- Nine out of ten people are there to study and prepare for the upcoming school or job exam or test.
4Not having (a particular thing): they had run out of cash you’re out of luck, mate, there’s none left...
- If the culprit is depleted uranium they are probably out of luck because any clean up would take a very long time and cost a lot of money.
- Lee needed some cash so he walked to the bank machine and it was out of cash.
- My guess is that it was never released over here, so I may be out of luck.
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