out of it

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

out of it

1. (idiomatic) Not participating in some trend or group.

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

2. (idiomatic) Disoriented; not thinking clearly.

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

3. (idiomatic) Drunk.

Synonyms

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

Translations

not participating in some trend

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 被冷落 (bèi lěngluò)

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

disoriented — see disoriented

drunk — see drunk

See also

• out on one's feet
• unconscious