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Prepositional Phrases
Prepositional Phrases
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Prepositional Phrases
Out of debt - If you are in debt or get into debt, you owe money. If you
are out of debt or get out of debt, you succeed in paying all the money that you
owe.
Out of work = unemployed
Keep/stay out of trouble = behave well: Please stay out of trouble!
Out of the question – Going to that party is out of the question!
Out of the ordinary = unusual, different
Out of stock
Out of spite - If you do something cruel out of spite, you do it because
you want to hurt or upset someone: I didn't help him, out of spite I suppose.
Out of respect for
Out of someone’s reach = used for saying that someone cannot have or do something
because they do not have enough money or skill: Achievements like these are beyond
the reach of ordinary players.
Out of love
Out of jealousy
Out of ideas: I don’t know what to do next;
Out of hand: out of control: Things got a little out of hand at the party and
three windows were broken.
Out of fashion
Out of duty = off-duty = not working at a particular time
Out of date = outdated
Out of danger: He’s out of danger now.
Out of curiosity: We did it out of curiosity.
Out of control: Things got out of control.
Out of breath: gasping for air, typically after exercise.
"he arrived on the top floor out of breath"