out

Away from the inside or centre.

The magician tapped the hat, and a rabbit jumped out.

There was a hole in the bucket, and all the water leaked out.

Away from, or at a distance from, some point of reference or focus.

Once they had landed, the commandos quickly spread out along the beach.

For six hours the tide flows out, then for six hours it flows in.

Away from, or at a distance from, some point of reference or focus.

Let’s eat out tonight

Away from, or at a distance from, some point of reference or focus.

hit out, lash out, speak out, shout out, yell out

Away, or at a distance, in time (relative to, and usually after, the present or a stated event) (often preceded by a stated time period and followed by "from")

Five years out from the passing of the law, nothing had actually changed.

The election is a long way out.

From the inside to the outside of; out of.

throw it out the window; get it out your mind

We are gonna get evicted. —If your fat butt fits out the door, that is.

A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.

You might phrase it like this, for example: “I’ve noticed you’ve been making some healthier choices. I’ve been thinking about starting a GLP-1, and I’m wondering if you’ve thought about it.” That gives the other person an out—they can easily brush off or shut down the conversation if they’d rather not get into it.

They wrote the law to give those organizations an out.

A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fielding team before bouncing, etc.

The first time I saw Amity we were in front of her house playing work-up, a baseball variation where you move from position to position by outs until you get to bat.

A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicket with the ball.

A card which can make a hand a winner.

As a beginner, when you are in a hand, you should practice counting your outs, or those live cards left in the deck that can improve your hand.

If he did have a bigger ace, I still had at least six outs — the case ace, two nines, and three tens. I could also have more outs if he held anything less than A-K.

A trip out; an outing.

Us London lawyers don't often get an out; and when we do, we like to make the most of it, you know.