OUT OF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does out of mean? 

• OUT OF (adverb)
  The adverb OUT OF has 1 sense:

1. motivated by

  Familiarity information: OUT OF used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUT OF (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Motivated by

Context example:

idleness is the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work

 Context examples 

He pointed to one corner, in which lay the great Head, made out of many thicknesses of paper, and with a carefully painted face.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

"I'll see what I can spare you out of my own battery," said he.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Good man, cried he, pray get me out of this scrape.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Alternatively, you may run into an old friend you’ve not seen since college, right out of the blue.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Now don't forget to keep the bad breadth out of sight, Jo. Is my sash right?

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Three out of four patients improve without treatment.

(Bell's Palsy, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

A tube through which bile passes in and out of the liver.

(Bile duct, NCI Dictionary)

It lowers pressure in the eye by increasing the flow of natural eye fluids out of the eye.

(Bimatoprost, NCI Dictionary)

Back pain is one of the most common medical problems, affecting 8 out of 10 people at some point during their lives.

(Back Pain, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

It did not happen to suit the Miss Musgroves, I suppose, and they never put themselves out of their way.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)