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View definitions for out of shape

out of shape

adjective as in gnarled

adjective as in soft

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In a couple of weeks Cooper Jr.’s catch will be poorly “recreated” at Thanksgiving touch football games by out of shape goofballs like me who have no business playing any football.

This is just me talking, but: If you’re feeling out of shape, you aren’t agreeing to do a fashion shoot in an ice bath.

“I don’t want my son serving alongside troops who are out of shape, or in a combat unit with females who can’t meet the same combat-arms physical standards as men, or troops who are not fully proficient on their assigned weapons, platform or task, or under a leader who was the first but not the best,” Hegseth said Tuesday.

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"Sometimes they were getting bent out of shape. I was having to go back and get them fixed all the time."

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It's a delicate science, and any tiny inaccuracy in the data can skew things - or knock it out of shape.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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