do out of

Idioms  

1. Cheat or deprive someone of something. For example, Jane tried to do me out of my inheritance but the lawyer wouldn't let her. [Early 1800s]

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Example Sentences

Her approach to “Godot” doesn’t suppress the comedy, but it doesn’t nervously chase after laughs either, as some productions are tempted to do out of fear of losing impatient theatergoers.

From Los Angeles Times

Part of the problem is that domestic work is undervalued and often dismissed as “caregiving work that women were just expected to do out of the goodness of their hearts” rather than professional work deserving of labor protections, said Julie Vogtman, senior counsel for the National Women’s Law Center.

From Seattle Times

“Some people might find it surprising that these kinds of linguistic generalization tasks are really hard for systems like GPT-4 to do out of the box,” Solar-Lezama says.

From Scientific American

The embassy has been in lockdown for several weeks with sporadic protests around it raising pressure on Paris to bring back its envoy, something that Macron had stoically refused to do out of principle.

From Reuters

That turned out to be joining the Washington Commanders as offensive coordinator and assistant head coach, a gig under Ron Rivera that should give Bieniemy the chance to show what he can do out of the shadow of Andy Reid and two-time MVP Patrick Mahomes.

From Seattle Times