on the outs
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The global fashion industry's use of fur has been on the outs for decades.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
This may put him on the outs with his colleagues in the academy, but it has made for a riveting and richly illuminating book.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
However, there were reports that the couple had been on the outs for months and were looking to put their mansion on the market.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2024
And despite an apparently very brief visit to see his father after the cancer diagnosis, Prince Harry still remains on the outs with his family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
The backward address turned out after several mistakes to be the undersecretary to Étienne Tshisekedi, the one government minister who might help us, though his own position with Mobutu is now on the outs.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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