out of character

Not in character, unlike that which one would expect from the person concerned

out (see also out-) /owt/

adverb

1. (shading into adj predicatively), not within
2. Forth
3. To, towards, or at the exterior or a position away from the inside or inner part or from anything thought of as enclosing, hiding or obscuring
4. From among others
5. From the mass
6. Beyond bounds
7. Away from the original or normal position or state
8. At or towards the far end, or a remote position
9. Seawards
10. Not within, or away from, one's dwelling, work premises, etc
11. In or into the open air
12. In or into a state of exclusion or removal
13. Not in office
14. Not in use or fashion
15. Debarred, not to be considered
16. No longer in the game
17. No longer in as a batsman, dismissed
18. Not batting
19. Out of the contest and unable to resume in time
20. In the condition of having won
21. Away from the mark
22. At fault
23. In error
24. Not in form or good condition
25. At a loss
26. In or into a disconcerted, perplexed or disturbed state
27. In or into an unconscious state
28. Not in harmony or amity
29. In distribution
30. In or into the hands of others or the public
31. On loan
32. To or at an end
33. In an exhausted or extinguished state
34. Completely
35. Thoroughly
36. Subjected to loss
37. In or to the field
38. In quest of or expressly aiming at something
39. In rebellion
40. On strike
41. In an exposed state
42. No longer in concealment or obscurity
43. In or into the state of having openly declared one's homosexuality
44. In or into the open
45. Before the public
46. In or into society (old)
47. On domestic service (archaic)
48. In existence
49. At full length
50. In an expanded state
51. In bloom
52. In extension
53. Loudly and clearly
54. Forcibly
55. Unreservedly

adjective

1. External
2. Outlying
3. Remote
4. Played away from home
5. Outwards
6. Not batting
7. Exceeding the usual
8. In any condition expressed by the adverb out

noun

1. A projection or outward bend (as in outs and ins)
2. A way out, a way of escape
3. Someone who is out
4. An instance of putting a player out (baseball)
5. That which is outside
6. An omission in setting type (printing)
7. A paying out, esp (in pl) rates and taxes, etc (dialect)
8. An outing (dialect)
9. A disadvantage, drawback (US)
10. Permission to go out (US)

preposition

1. Forth from (informal or N American)
2. Outside of (now rare)
3. Without (obsolete)

transitive verb

1. To put out or throw out
2. To knock out
3. To make public the homosexuality of (a person in public life) without his or her permission (informal)
4. To make public any facts about (a person in public life) that he or she does not wish to be revealed (informal)

intransitive verb

1. To surface, be revealed, emerge publicly, as in truth will out
2. To go out (informal)
3. (with with) to bring out (archaic or dialect)
4. (with with) to say suddenly or unexpectedly (informal)

interjection

1. Expressing peremptory dismissal
2. Announcing that a player is out, the ball not in court, etc
3. Indicating that one has come to the end of one's transmission (radio)
4. Alas (archaic)
5. Shame (usu out upon; archaic)

outˈed adjective

1. Having had private facts about oneself made public (informal)
2. Ejected

outˈer noun

Someone who makes public another person's homosexuality

outˈing noun see separate entry

outˈness noun

1. The state of being out
2. Externality to the perceiving mind, objectiveness

out'ro noun (pl out'ros)

The concluding section of a song, TV programme, etc

outˈ-and-out adjective

1. Thoroughgoing
2. Thorough-paced
3. Utter
4. Absolute
5. Unqualified

adverb /owt-ənd-owtˈ/

1. Finally and completely
2. Definitely
3. Unreservedly

out-and-outˈer noun (informal)

1. Any person or thing that is a complete or extreme type
2. A thorough-going partisan
3. A great lie

outˈ-box noun (computing)

A file for storing electronic mail that has been or is to be sent to another computer

out-of-doorsˈ adjective

1. (also out-of-doorˈ) open-air, outdoor (see out-)
2. Outside of parliament

noun

The open air

out-of(-the)-bodˈy adjective

Of or relating to an occurrence in which an individual has the experience of being outside his or her own body

out-of-the-wayˈ adjective

1. Uncommon, unusual
2. Singular
3. Secluded
4. Remote

out-of-townˈ adjective

(of a retail outlet) situated away from a main commercial centre

out-oˈver or out-owre /owt-owrˈ or oot-owrˈ/ adverb and preposition (Scot)

1. Out over
2. Over

outˈ-tray noun

A shallow container for letters, etc, ready to be dispatched

at outs (US)

At odds

from out

Out from

murder will out see under murder

on the outs (with) (informal)

1. On unfriendly terms (with)
2. Becoming unpopular, unfashionable, etc

out and about

1. Able to go out, convalescent
2. Active out of doors

out and away (old)

1. By far
2. Beyond competition

out at elbow see elbow

out for

1. Abroad in quest of
2. Aiming at obtaining or achieving
3. Dismissed from batting with a score of

out from under

Out of a difficult situation

out of

1. From within
2. From among
3. Not in
4. Not within
5. Excluded from
6. From (a source, material, motive, condition, possession, language, etc)
7. Born of
8. Beyond the bounds, range or scope of
9. Deviating from, in disagreement with
10. Away or distant from
11. Without, destitute or denuded of

out of character see under character

out of course (rare)

Out of order

out of date

1. Not abreast of the times
2. Old-fashioned
3. Obsolete
4. No longer valid
5. No longer current (out-of-dateˈ adjective)

out of doors

In or to the open air

out of it

1. Excluded from participation
2. Without a chance
3. Unable to behave normally or control oneself, usually because of drink or drugs (slang)

out of joint see under join

out of place see under place

out of pocket see under pocket

out of print see under print

out of sight see under sight¹

out of sorts see under sort

out of temper see under temper

out of the question see under question

out of the way

Not in the way, not impeding or preventing progress

out of this world see under world

out of time see under time

out of work see under work

out on one's feet

1. As good as knocked out
2. Done for, but with a semblance of carrying on

outs and ins see ins and outs under in¹

out there

1. In existence
2. Unconventional, avant-garde (informal)

out to

Aiming, working resolutely, to

out to lunch see under lunch

out to out

1. In measurement from outside to outside
2. Overall

out upon (archaic)

Shame on

out with

1. Let's do away with
2. Not friendly with
3. See also out (vi) above

out with it! (informal)

Say what you have to say, and be quick about it, spit it out