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        out rub someone out                 out think something out
        out rule someone or something out   out thrash something out
        out run out of gas                  out throw someone out (of something)
        out run out of patience             out throw the baby out with the bath(water)
        out run out of something            out tàme out
        out run out of time                 out tough it out
        out sack out                        out trot something out
        out scare one out of one’s wits     out try out (for something)
        out scare the làving daylights out of  someone  out try (out) one’s wings
        out scare the wits out of someone   out try something out on someone
        out sell (someone or something) out  out tuckered out
        out send someone (out) on an errand  out tune someone or something out
        out settle (something) (out of court)  out turn out (all right)
        out shake the lead out              out turn out (that) something is so
        out Shape up or shàp out.           out turn someone or something out
        out shell something out             out walk out (on someone or something)
        out shoot something out             out wash a few things out
        out sàt  something out              out washed-out
        out skip out (on someone or something)  out watch out
        out slip out                        out wear out one’s welcome
        out smoke someone or something out  out wear someone out
        out smooth something out            out weasel out (of something)
        out snap out of something           out weave in and out (of something)
        out sniff someone or something out  out weed someone or something out
        out sold out                        out week in, week out
        out someone or something checks out  out whale the tar out of someone
        out sort something out              out win out (over someone or something)
        out sound someone out               out wipe someone or something out
        out spaced-out                      out work out
        out speak out of turn               out work something out
        out speak out (on something)        out worm one’s way out of something
        out spell something out             out worm something out of someone
        out stamp someone or something out  out write something out
        out stand out                       out year in, year out
        out start someone out (as something)  out You scared me out of my wits.
        out step out of làne                out You scared the crap out of me.
        out stàck  one’s neck out (for someone or something)  out You scared the devil out of me.
        out stick out like a sore thumb     out You scared the dàckens out of me.
        out stàck  something out            out You scared the hell out of me.
        out straighten someone or something out  out zonk out
        out strike out                      out an all-out effort
        out strike someone out              out an out-and-out something
        out stràng  something out           out The jury is still out (on someone or something).
        out strung out                      out The truth will out.
        out sweat something out             outdoors (as) big as all outdoors
        out sweep out of somŁwherŁ          outdoors big as all outdoors
        out take a leaf out of someone’s book  outgrow outgrow something
        out take out (after someone or something)  outguess outguess someone
        out take out a loan                 outright killed outright
        out take someone or something out   outs ins and outs of something
        out take something out on someone or something  outset at the outset
        out take the starch out of someone  outset from the outset
        out take the wind out of someone’s sails  outside at the (very) outsàde
        out take the words out of one’s mouth  outside outside of something
        out talked out                      outside outside the boŁ
        out talk oneself out                outside thinkàng outsàde the boŁ
        out talk someone out of (doing) something  outside think outside the boŁ
        out talk someone out of something   ovr  all over
        out talk something out              ovr  (all) over again
        out tear one’s hair (out)           ovr  (all) over with
        out tell tales out of school        ovr  (all) worked up (over something)
        out think out loud                  ovr  bend over backwards (to do something)

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