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out
noun
an excuse, an alibi, a means of avoiding responsibility or difficulty US, 1910
▶ on the out
used of a prisoner when not imprisoned UK, 1984- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 83, 1996
- So when we were “on the out” we’d meet up in London one day[.] — Ken Lukowiak, Marijuana Time, p. 283, 2000
- “That’s Ricky Vance,” he said. “On the out he was a singer with a promising career ahead of him apparently[.]” — The Guardian, 11 May 2000: “A life inside”
▶ on the outs
not incarcerated US- “You know, on the outs, this pig was sayin’, ‘You shouldn’t steal because then somebody steal from you.’” — Leon Bing, Do or Die, p. 19, 1991
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