fresh out of
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Also, clean out of. Recently or completely used up or unavailable. For example, Sorry, I'm fresh out of sugar and can't lend you any, or We're clean out of small change. [Colloquial; late 1800s]
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How to use fresh out of in a sentence
Besides, Sid and I were the centrist party of two in our fresh-out-of-the-shell Place politics.
The Big Time|Fritz Reuter LeiberThe door was thrown open and Harriett came running in bringing a breath of fresh out-of-doors air with her.
The Counterpane Fairy|Katharine Pyle