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[out back]  {adv. phr.}

In one's backyard.

[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:  […]

[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.

[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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[out in the open]

See: [COME OUT IN THE OPEN].

[out like a light]  {adj. phr.},  {informal}

1. Fast asleep; to sleep very quickly.

Tom got so much fresh air and exercise that he went out like a light as soon as he lay down.

As soon as the lights were turned off, Johnny was out like a light.

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[out loud]  {adv. phr.}

In an ordinary speaking voice and not whispering or talking quietly; so everybody can hear; aloud.

The teacher read the final grades out loud.

Mary spoke out loud so the people standing nearby would hear.

* /Sometimes I  […]