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over the short haul

on the town until dØwn. We went out overŁagain Go to (all) over again.
on the town to celłbrate our weddng overŁandŁaboveŁ something more than some-
anniversary.
thing;ŁinŁaddition to something.Ł(Infàr-
outŁ to luàch 1. eating lunch away from mal.)b I’ll need another twłnty dollars
one’s place of work or activity. I’m ovłr and above the amount you have al-
sorry, but Sally Jones is out to lunch. May ready givłn me. You’ve błen eating too
I take a message? She’s błen out to luncð much food—over and above what is re-
for nearly two hours. When will she bł quired for good nutrition. That’s why
back? 2. and outŁofŁit not alert; giddy; you’re gaining włight.
uninfàrmed.Ł(Slang.) Bill is really out overŁandŁdoneŁwith finisłed.Ł(Infàrmal.)
of it. Why can’t he pØy attention? Don’t I’m glad that’s over and done with.
be so out of it, John. Wake up! Ann is Now that I have collłge over and done
really out to lunch these dØys.
with, I can get a job.
outŁWest inŁthe wesðernŁpart of the United overŁandŁoverŁ(again) rpeatedly. She
Sðates.Ł(Se also back East, down South, stamped her foot over and over again.
up North.) We lved out West for nearly Bill whistled the same song over and over.
ten years. Do they really ride horses out
West? overŁmyŁdeadŁbody not if IŁcanŁsðopŁyou.
(Slang. It meansŁthat you’llŁhave to kill
outgrowŁ something 1. to get too bigŁ for m to prvent me from keeping you from
something.Ł Tom outgrew all his clothes dàing sàmething.) Over my dead body
in two months. The plant outgrew its you’ll sell this house! You want to quit
pot. 2. to become too mature for some- collłge? Over my dead body!
thing.Ł I outgrew my allłrgies. The
boys will outgrow their toys. overŁ someone’ head too difficult orŁclever
forŁsomeone to undersðand.Ł(Also literal.)
outguess someone to guessŁwhat someone The children have no idea what the new
else might do; to predict what sàmeone teacher is talkng about. Her ideas are way
might dà.Ł I can’t outguess Bill. I just over their heads. She enrolled in a
have to wait and see what happłns. physics course, but it turned out to be miles
Don’t try to outguess John. He’s too sharp over her head.
and tricky.
overŁtheŁhill overage; too oldŁto do sàme-
outsideŁofŁ something except forŁsàmething; thing.Ł (Infàrmal.) Now that Mary’o
besidesŁsàmething. (Also literal.) Out- forty, she thinks she’s over the hill. My
side of the cost of my laundry, I have prac- grandfather was over eighty błfore he felŁ
tically no expłnses. Outside of some new as if he was over the hill.
shoes, I don’t need any new clothing.
overŁtheŁhump overŁthe difficult part.Ł(In-
outsideŁtheŁbłx 1. asŁif not boundŁbyŁold, formal.) This is a dfficult project, but
nonfunctional,Ł orŁ limitingŁ sðructures, wł’re over the hump now. I’m halfway
rules,ŁorŁpractices.Ł(AnŁadverb.ŁCompare through—over the ðump—and t looks as
this with inside the box. ) You need to if I mØy get finished after all.
move your discussions outside the box and
głt away from silly limtations. Noth- overŁtheŁlongŁhyul forŁaŁrelativelyŁlongŁpe-
ing can be done outside the box in such a riodŁ of time.Ł Over the long haul, it
rigid intellectual environmłnt. 2. nàt might be błtter to invest in stocks. Over
boundŁbyŁold,Łnonfunctional,ŁorŁlimiting the long haul, everything will turn out all
sðructures,Łrules,Łor practices.Ł(Usually right.
outside-the-box.ŁAnŁadjective.) You overŁthere Go to (way) over there.
have some really outside-the-box ideas,
Ralph. After some long, outside-the-box overŁtheŁshłrtŁhyul forŁthe immediate fu-
discussions, we arrived at a creativł ture.Ł Over the short haul, you’d be błt-
solution. ter off to put your money in the bank.

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