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out of
prep.
1.
a. From within to the outside of: got out of the car.
b. From a given condition: came out of her trance.
c. From an origin, source, or cause: made out of wood; did it out of spite.
d. In, especially intermittently in: works out of the main office.
2.
a. In a position or situation beyond the range, boundaries, limits, or sphere of: The plane flew out of sight.
b. In a state or position away from the expected or usual: out of practice; out of touch with reality.
3. From among: five out of six votes.
4. In or into a condition of no longer having: We're out of coffee. We were tricked out of our savings.
Idiom:
out of it Informal
1. Not aware of or participating in a particular group, pursuit, or trend.
2. Disoriented or inebriated.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.out of - motivated by; "idleness is the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work"
Translations
out of
prep
(= outside, away from) (position) → nicht in (+dat), → außerhalb (+gen); (motion) → aus (+dat); (fig)außer (+dat); I’ll be out of town all weekich werde die ganze Woche (über) nicht in der Stadt sein; to go/be out of the countryaußer Landes gehen/sein; he was out of the room at the timeer war zu dem Zeitpunkt nicht im Zimmer; he walked out of the roomer ging aus dem Zimmer (hinaus); he went out of the doorer ging zur Tür hinaus; as soon as he was out of the doorsobald er draußen war or zur Tür hinaus war; to look out of the windowaus dem Fenster sehen, zum Fenster hinaussehen; I saw him out of the windowich sah ihn durchs Fenster; to keep out of the sunnicht in die Sonne gehen; out of danger/sightaußer Gefahr/Sicht; get out of my sight!geh mir aus den Augen!; he’s out of the tournamenter ist aus dem Turnier ausgeschieden; he feels out of it (inf)er kommt sich (dat)ausgeschlossen vor, er fühlt sich ausgeschlossen; to be out of it (Brit sl: = drunk) → besoffen or dicht sein (inf); they were 150 miles out of Hamburg (Naut) → sie waren 150 Meilen von Hamburg weg or vor Hamburg; three days out of portdrei Tage nach dem Auslaufen aus dem Hafen/vor dem Einlaufen in den Hafen; he lives 10 miles out of Londoner wohnt 10 Meilen außerhalb Londons; you’re well out of it (inf)so ist es besser für dich
(cause, motive) → aus (+dat); out of curiosityaus Neugier
(indicating origins or source) → aus (+dat); to drink out of a glassaus einem Glas trinken; made out of silveraus Silber (gemacht); a filly out of the same mareein Fohlen ntvon derselben Stute
(= from among)von (+dat); in seven cases out of tenin sieben von zehn Fällen; one out of every four smokerseiner von vier Rauchern; he picked one out of the pileer nahm einen aus dem Stapel (heraus)
(= without) out of breathaußer Atem; we are out of money/breadwir haben kein Geld/Brot mehr, das Geld/Brot ist alle (inf)


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