out ofpreposition
uk/ˈaʊt ˌəv/us/ˈaʊt ˌəv/out of preposition (NO LONGER IN)
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- I'm always clipping recipes out of magazines.
- This cork won't come out of the bottle.
- The doctors say he is now out of danger.
- I really had to drag myself out of bed this morning.
- Fur coats have gone out of fashion.
A2 no longer in a stated place or condition:
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From, out and outside
- al fresco
- breath
- door
- exogenous
- exterior
- external
- from
- open
- open-air
- out
- out
- out and about idiom
- outdoor
- outdoors
- outer
- outward
- outwards
- outwith
- thence
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out of preposition (MADE FROM)
B1 also of used to show what something is made from:
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- He made a hat for himself out of newspaper.
- Helmets and bullet-proof vests are often made out of Kevlar.
- He carves garden ornaments out of wood and sells them.
- The cake decorations are made out of sugar, so you can eat them if you like.
- Didn't you know that butter was made out of milk?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Creating and producing
- bear fruit idiom
- bring
- bring sth out
- churn sth out
- cobble
- craft
- mass-produce
- on the go idiom
- overproduce
- patch sth together
- phase
- pump
- raise
- rush
- throw
- turn sth in
- turn sth out
- uncreative
- unleash
- unproductive
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out of preposition (BECAUSE OF)
B2 used to show the reason why someone does something:
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- We didn't publish the details, out of consideration for the victim's family.
- She decided to call her ex-boyfriend out of curiosity.
- He only went to see her out of duty.
- Just out of interest, how old is your wife?
- She finished with him and, out of revenge, he told her husband about their affair.
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Linguistics: connecting words which introduce a cause or reason
- as
- at
- because
- because of
- behalf
- cos
- courtesy
- fear
- from
- herein
- necessarily
- on sb's account idiom
- order
- owing to
- right
- sake 1
- thanks
- through
- with
- with a view to doing sth idiom
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out of preposition (FROM AMONG)
B1 from among an amount or number:
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- Out of all my friends, she is the most ambitious.
- He's the only child out of the whole class who's not going on the school trip.
- I've heard that, out of all the applicants for the job, he was the only graduate.
- Nine out of ten cats prefer this brand of cat food, apparently.
- I should be able to find one dress out of all this lot that suits me.
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Numbering & counting
- absolute value
- cash
- count
- count sth out
- countdown
- counter
- decimal point
- decimalization
- headcount
- innumerate
- modulus
- number
- number line
- numerate
- pagination
- reckon
- reckon sth in
- recount 1
- run
- tot sth up
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out of preposition (ORIGIN)
used to describe where something came from or began:
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From, out and outside
- al fresco
- breath
- door
- exogenous
- exterior
- external
- from
- open
- open-air
- out
- out
- out and about idiom
- outdoor
- outdoors
- outer
- outward
- outwards
- outwith
- thence
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out of preposition (NOT INVOLVED)
[ after verb ] no longer involved in:
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Excluding
- acid-free
- alienate
- apart
- bar
- barring
- count
- cut
- discount
- exclude
- excluding
- exclusion
- exclusive
- exclusively
- freeze sb out
- hold
- otherwise
- out of it idiom
- present
- present company excepted idiom
- send
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