on the outs
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I marvel that a mind on the outs with itself should have nevertheless made a painstaking record of its every tremor."
- "A second ill of this day lies in the trend of getting more and more on the outs with those who have been more successful than we."
- "1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure He's staying at my place because he & Bridg are on the outs."
- ""The first country, Nicaragua, was a give-away," noted one State Department observer, referring to the GSP review of the country most on the outs with the administration."
- "The fact that he and her sister seemed to be more on the outs than ever may have been half her motivation in leaving the door open a crack."
Usage
- American usage