out of town

See also: out-of-town

English

Alternative forms

• out-of-town (especially in attributive use)

Prepositional phrase

out of town

1. (of a person) Away from home; out of one's town of residence.

   They are out of town this week.

2. (of a person) From a different place.

   They look like they are from out of town.

   It's the kind of Manhattan place you take your relatives when they come from out of town.

   • 2012, “Out of Town Girl”, in Believe, performed by Justin Bieber:

     Oh, I ain't gotta ask I can tell you ain't from here-here-here-here / […] / If you know, you know I like that / Out of town girl, girl, girl, yeah, yeah, yeah

Usage notes

• The phrase out of town may be used whether or not the place in question would normally be considered a town, as in the reference to Manhattan in the usage example ("any more urbanized center than the place of reference").

Antonyms

• in town

Derived terms

• out-of-towner
• get out of town

Translations

out of one's town of residence

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