out of it

English

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Prepositional phrase

out of it (informal)

1. Not participating in some trend or group.

   When my old friends turned up, my wife felt quite out of it.

2. Disoriented; not thinking clearly.

   Having the flu all week left me pretty well out of it.

4. So intoxicated (from alcohol or drugs) that one is unaware of what is going on, stupefied
5. Asleep or unconscious

Synonyms

• (not participating): aloof, excluded, left out, standoffish, uninvolved
• (disoriented): bewildered, confused, dazed, perplexed, puzzled
• (intoxicated): See Thesaurus:drunk

Translations

not participating in some trend

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 被冷落 (bèi lěngluò)

• Finnish: ulkopuolinen (fi)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

disoriented — see disoriented

drunk — see drunk

See also

• not with it
• out on one's feet
• unconscious