copy out of

copy (something) out of (something)

To write something exactly as it appeared in another source. My grandmother used to copy all of her recipes out of cookbooks and onto index cards.
See also: copy, of, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

copy something out of something

 and copy something out
to copy something onto paper from a book or document. Did you copy this out of a book? I did not copy this paper or any part of it out of anything. I copied out most of it.
See also: copy, of, out
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • copy (something) out of (something)
  • copy out
  • copy out (by hand)
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  • whangydoodle
  • desert (someone or something) to (someone or something)
  • desert to
  • hormone therapy
  • bequeath
  • bequeath (something) to (someone)