in and out
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
Joshua eventually made a swift in-and-out appearance about an hour after Paul weighed in, looking trim and in shape.
From BBC • Dec. 18, 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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
