"out of practice" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

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  1. (of a person) Diminished in proficiency, especially in exercising a skill, due to disuse or a lack of recent experience. Synonyms: rusty Translations ((of a person) diminished in proficiency, especially in exercising a skill, due to disuse or a lack of recent experience): desadestrado [masculine] (Galician), desadestrada [feminine] (Galician), kijött a gyakorlatból (Hungarian), (wyjść) z wprawy (Polish), spràtticu [masculine] (Sicilian), desentrenado [masculine] (Spanish), desentrenada [feminine] (Spanish)
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