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in and out

[in-uhnd-out, -uhn-] / ˈɪn əndˈaʊt, -ən- /










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Perhaps this could all be done more quickly than securing the Strait of Hormuz or occupying Kharg, but it’s not an in-and-out operation like Venezuela.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

Prof Mabbott said: "Living a lot longer, but suffering from the multiple morbidities that can accompany ageing, and in-and-out of hospital for another tissue transplant does not sound an attractive way to spend my retirement!"

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

The two of us were practicing crossovers and in-and-out dribbles under the streetlight.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2023

And Russell, playing in his first home game in Los Angeles since April 9, 2017, probed in-and-out of the New Orleans defense, attacking in pick-and-roll and getting hot in the third.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2023

Besides the happy, sad, and funny funerals, there were the super quick in-and-out funerals, or as Robbie Ray called them, drive-bys.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds