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Idioms beginning with "O"
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[out at the elbows] {adj. phr.}
Poorly or shabbily dressed.
Roy walks around out at the elbows, but it's not because he is penniless, but more in imitation of a certain style.
[out back] {adv. phr.}
In one's backyard.
On the Fourth of July they were out back making preparations for their holiday barbecue.
[outback] {n.}
1. The remote and uncultivated wilderness areas of Australia or New Zealand, with very few inhabitants.
Mike and Barbara roughed it in the Australian outback for nearly two years.
2. Any remote, sparsely populated region.
* /Tom's […]
[out cold] {adv.} or {adj.}, {informal}
Unconscious; in a faint.
The ball hit Dick in the head and knocked him out cold for ten minutes.
They tried to lift Mary when she fell down, but she was out cold.
Syn.: [OUT LIKE A LIGHT] (2). Compare: […]
[outer space] {n.}
What is outside of the earth's air.
An astronaut cannot live without oxygen when he goes into outer space.
[out for] {prep.}
Joining, or planning to join; taking part in; competing for a place in.
John is out for the basketball team.
Mary is going out for the school newspaper.
Compare: [TRY OUT].
[out from under] {adj. phr.}, {informal}
Free from something that worries you; seeing the end; finished. — Usually used with "be" or "get".
Mary had so much to do in the new house she felt as though she would never be out from under.
* /John had […]
[out in force] {adv. phr.}
Present in very large numbers; en masse.
On the Fourth of July the police cars are out in force in the Chicago area.
[out in left field] {adj. phr.}, {informal}
1. Far from the right answer; wrong; astray.
Johnny tried to answer the teacher's question but he was way out in left field.
* /Susan tried to guess what the surprise was but she was way out in left […]
[out in the cold] {adj. phr.}, {informal}
Alone; not included.
All the other children were chosen for parts in the play, but Johnny was left out in the cold.
Everybody made plans for Christmas Day and Mary found herself out in the cold.
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