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out

US /aʊt/

adverb Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

away from home

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

The manager is out of the office until Wednesday afternoon.

Synonyms

  • awaynot present; having left
  • outsidethe region that is outside of something

Collocations

  • Easy go out for coffee
    to go out for coffee, meaning to change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
  • Medium run out of stock
    to operate, manage, or execute regarding out of stock
  • Hard phase out hazardous materials
    to phase out hazardous materials, meaning to arrange in phases or stages
  • Very Hard out of the blue
    to out of the blue, meaning to to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality

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