Literal uses of OUT Related metaphorical uses of OUT

1) Not here, gone, Eg:

opposite of IN He’s out (gone/ unconscious)
The lamp is out.
Eg: rub/wipe/put/die out leave
Sth falls out of your pocket. out a word

2) Look out! Watch out! (Don’t introspect)

3) The origin or cause of an action is a space or place

Eg.:
To do sth out of love (Cf: to be in love)
To do sth out of hatred/jealousy/anger, etc. REIFICATION

4) An action or state is a space or place Eg.: to help

sb out of a difficulty (Cf.: be in difficulties) to talk
sb into/out of doing sth

5) Loss of possession or supply

They cheated the old lady out of her savings.
We’ve run out of petrol.
My patience is beginning to run out.
be in/out of love/luck/trouble

6) In the open/not hidden, understandable, available

Eg.: The book came out last week.
He came out.
He found out the truth.
 In all directions away from a central landmark 1)
( center-periphery )
Eg: A teacher gives/hands out tests.
When you melt butter on a griddle, it spreads out.
2)
Extensión/expansion beyond former boundaries
Eg: He rolled out the carpet. O………
Extension of a brief event
Eg.: There's only one ticket so you'll have to fight it out between you. I don't
want to drag this meeting out too long, so could we run through the main
points quickly?
From the beginning to the end Eg.:
Her knees won’t hold out.
They won't be able to hold out much longer under this sort of bombardment.
I still can't puzzle out how I managed to spend so much money last month.
These figures work out differently each time I add them.
Everything was worked out to the smallest detail.

3) Better than/ comparing sizes (reification of an ability as a material)

Pat was wearing an outrageous purple dress, so, not to be outdone, I put on
my new gold suit.
Our company was outsold by our competitors.
She will outlive us all.

Extensi