be out there

be out there

To be somewhat unusual, unconventional, crazy, or eccentric. Our manager's ideas for improving productivity are really out there. My uncle Jerry is a little out there, but he's a really sweet guy.
See also: out, there
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • out there
  • kookish
  • kooky
  • kookie
  • kook
  • (as) crazy as a peach-orchard boar
  • boar
  • find (someone or something) a little off
  • hare
  • (as) mad as a March hare
References in periodicals archive
I'm still convinced that prominent types are duty bound--especially now, during this crisis--to be out there giving all kinds of support to the afflicted rather than leaving it all up to our heterosexual substitute mothers.