out of the running
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.20 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
No longer in a competition; eliminated from consideration.
Example Sentences
- "When it was revealed he had shielded a friend from prosecution when he was the district attorney, he was out of the running for a judicial appointment."
- "8 Jan 2020, Felicity Cloake in The Guardian, How to make the perfect gluten-free chocolate brownies – recipe What that flour is hardly seems to matter too much, either – indeed, one of the finest examples I’ve ever eaten was shared, rather grudgingly, it must be admitted, with a coeliac friend. But, with my usual plain white out of the running here, what’s the best substitute for a deliciously squidgy, delightfully rich result?"