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[or other]{adv.} — Used to emphasize indefinite words or phrases beginning with "some" (as "someone", "something", "somewhere", "somehow", "sometime"). •/Somehow or other, Linda managed to get to the show on time./ •/I’ll think of something or other for the program./ •/She found a beautiful cup and saucer somewhere or other./ •/I’ll get around to cleaning the closets sometime or other./ •/Someone or other will take the letters to the post office./

[or so]{adv.} About; or a little more. •/Mr. Brown will be back in a day or so./ •/The book cost $5 or so./ •/There will be twenty or so people at the party./ Compare: MORE OR LESS.

[other] See: EACH OTHER, EVERY OTHER, GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE or GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL, GO IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHER, LAUGH ON THE WRONG SIDE OF ONE’S MOUTH or LAUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ONE’S MOUTH, ON THE OTHER HAND, OR OTHER, SHOE ON THE OTHER FOOT, SIX OF ONE AND HALF-A-DOZEN OF THE OTHER, THIS AND THAT also THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER, TURN THE OTHER CHEEK.

[other fish to fry]{n. phr.}, {informal} Other things to do; other plans. •/They wanted John to be the secretary, but he had other fish to fry./ •/Mary was invited to the party but she refused because she had other fish to fry./

[other side of the tracks] See: WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS.

[out and about] See: UP AND ABOUT.

[out-and-out]{adj.} Extreme; complete; thorough. •/The candidate was an out-and-out conservative./ •/It was out-and-out robbery to charge twice the usual price for eggs just because they were scarce./ Compare: THROUGH AND THROUGH.

[out at the elbows]{adj. phr.} Poorly or shabbily dressed. •/Roy walks around out at the elbows, but it’s not because he is penniless, but more in imitation of a certain style./

[out back]{adv. phr.} In one’s backyard. •/On the Fourth of July they were out back making preparations for their holiday barbecue./

[outback]{n.} 1. The remote and uncultivated wilderness areas of Australia or New Zealand, with very few inhabitants. •/Mike and Barbara roughed it in the Australian outback for nearly two years./ 2. Any remote, sparsely populated region. •/Tom’s old ranch in Texas is next to an arid outback./

[out cold]{adv.} or {adj.}, {informal} Unconscious; in a faint. •/The ball hit Dick in the head and knocked him out cold for ten minutes./ •/They tried to lift Mary when she fell down, but she was out cold./ Syn.: OUT LIKE A LIGHT(2). Compare: PASS OUT.

[outer space]{n.} What is outside of the earth’s air. •/An astronaut cannot live without oxygen when he goes into outer space./

[out for]{prep.} Joining, or planning to join; taking part in; competing for a place in. •/John is out for the basketball team./ •/Mary is going out for the school newspaper./ Compare: TRY OUT.

[out from under]{adj. phr.}, {informal} Free from something that worries you; seeing the end; finished. — Usually used with "be" or "get". •/Mary had so much to do in the new house she felt as though she would never be out from under./ •/John had so many debts, he couldn’t get out from under./