out of it

1. Not participating in or knowledgeable about a particular trend, pursuit, or group. For example, Dad looked really out of it, riding his bike in bathing trunks and long black socks , or Mary sometimes felt out of it because she didn't know anyone in the most popular crowd . [Early 1800s]

2. Confused or disoriented. For example, Two or three beers and she was out of it , or He had no idea where he was or had been; he was totally out of it . [ Colloquial ; mid-1900s]

Example Sentences

But now, we have really refined down the descriptors—we haven’t taken the poetry out of it entirely; we’ve simplified it.

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He rushed home from work to find the 31-storey building in flames, with black smoke billowing out of it.

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How do we keep their spouses out of it?

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“When I got out of it, it was like selling a child,” he told Arellano, adding: “That burrito of ours? You can just put it in the microwave, and it came out perfect.”

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"The Western view is that they wouldn't travel all of that distance and do all of that work unless they were getting something of economic value out of it. We believe they felt a moral responsibility to repair a torn universe."

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• dull 
• inert 
• lackadaisical 
• languid 
• leaden 
• lethargic 
• lifeless 
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