Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

out of town

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.21 in modern English

Syllables: out- of -town
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Of a person, away from home; out of one's town of residence.

prep_phrase

Of a person, from a different place.

Example Sentences

"They are out of town this week."
"They look like they are from out of town."
"It's the kind of Manhattan place you take your relatives when they come from out of town."
"Oh, I ain't gotta ask I can tell you ain't from here-here-here-here / […] / If you know, you know I like that / Out of town girl, girl, girl, yeah, yeah, yeah"

Inflected Forms

out-of-town (alternative) outta town (alternative)

Phrases

get out of town out-of-towner out-of-townish

Antonyms

in town

Questions

What does out of town mean?: Of a person, away from home; out of one's town of residence.

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