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

“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 • Oct. 26, 2023

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 • Sep. 26, 2023

"The main thing is, we just need proper funding to make sure that whatever we do out of London isn't a half-baked version of the ENO."

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2023

“We did not perform efficiently on offense. What we can’t do out of this is hang our head. We’re going to learn a lot from this game.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2019

And a lot of people do, out of relief that their children have been spared for another year.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins