"out of town" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase}} out of town
  1. (of a person) Away from home; out of one's town of residence. Synonyms: out-of-town [attributive, especially] Derived forms: out-of-towner, get out of town Translations (out of one's town of residence): poissa kaupungista (Finnish), verreist (German)
    Sense id: en-out_of_town-en-prep_phrase-Mwfwyjij Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English locatives, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 93 7 Disambiguation of English locatives: 92 8 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of "out of one's town of residence": 93 7
  2. (of a person) From a different place.
    Sense id: en-out_of_town-en-prep_phrase-Sd0oiGDY

Alternative forms

Download JSONL data for out of town meaning in English (2.6kB)

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