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Definition of out noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    out

     noun
    noun
    NAmE//aʊt//
     
     
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  1. 1[singular] a way of avoiding having to do something She was desperately looking for an out.
  2. 2[countable] (in baseball) an act of putting a player out, so that is no longer their turn with the bat to make an out
    3. Idioms
    the ins and outs (of something)
     
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    all the details, especially the complicated or difficult ones the ins and outs of the problem He quickly learned the ins and outs of the job.
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