Definition of "out of"

Expressing motion away, literal or figurative; opposed to into.

1. From the inside to the outside of.  examples

2. So as no longer to be in a given condition or state.  examples

3. (informal) From a thing or or place as a source, place of origin etc.  quotations  examples

   Quotations

   • Mike Morgillo, a cop out of the Bronx borough command — who is married to a detective — says he's sick of sitting around other cops' backyards hearing the same old he-shot, she-shot stories.

     1997, New York, volume 30, number 31, page 33

4. (nautical) Stating the port in which a boat has been registered.  examples

5. Taken from among; expressing a fraction of (a larger number).  quotations  examples

   Quotations

   • Out of all men beg for a chance to drill your lots, maybe one in twenty will be oilmen.

     2007 September 27, Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood, spoken by Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), distributed by Paramount Vantage & Miramax Films

6. (now chiefly horse breeding) Born from a given mother (cf. by).  examples

Expressing position outside, literal or figurative; opposed to in.

1. Not within a given space, area etc.  examples

2. Not in (a given state, condition).  examples

3. Without; no longer in possession of.  quotations  examples

   Quotations

   • Once out of the farm the approach of poverty would be sure.

     1874, Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd, Barnes & Noble, published 2005, page 276

From a given cause or motivation.  examples

From a given material as means of construction.  examples

(informal) In.  quotations  examples