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out

adverb

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Meaning

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Moving or appearing to move away from a particular place, position, or situation; no longer in a particular place.

Example Sentence

The cat slipped out of the door when no one was looking.

Usage Note

Indicates movement away from a place, or a state of being absent or unavailable. It can also describe something being extinguished, no longer functioning, or being publicly revealed.

Synonyms

away gone absent outside external departed

Antonyms

in inside present here arrived within

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