Thesaurus / outs
FEEDBACK- altercation
- bickering
- brawl
- clash
- controversy
- debate
- disagreement
- dispute
- exchange
- feud
- quarrel
- squabble
- beef
- blowup
- bone
- brush
- crusher
- dustup
- face-off
- finisher
- flap
- fuss
- gin
- go
- hassle
- knockdown
- out
- rhubarb
- romp
- row
- ruckus
- ruction
- rumpus
- run-in
- scene
- scrap
- set-to
- shindy
- spat
- static
- stew
- tiff
- words
- wrangle
- bone of contention
- bone to pick
- brannigan
- difference of opinion
- donnybrook
- falling-out
- knock-down-drag-out
- action
- allegation
- apology
- argument
- claim
- explanation
- pleading
- alibi
- cause
- extenuation
- justification
- mitigation
- out
- palliation
- pretext
- rationalization
- right
- story
- vindication
- whitewash
- cop-out
- fish tale
- song and dance
- spat
- altercation
- beef
- bicker
- bickering
- blowup
- bone
- brawl
- brush
- clash
- contention
- controversy
- crusher
- debate
- difficulty
- disagreement
- dispute
- dustup
- exchange
- face-off
- feud
- fight
- finisher
- flap
- fuss
- gin
- go
- hassle
- knockdown
- out
- quarrel
- rhubarb
- romp
- row
- ruckus
- ruction
- rumpus
- run-in
- scene
- scrap
- set-to
- shindy
- squabble
- static
- stew
- tiff
- word
- words
- wrangle
- bone of contention
- bone to pick
- brannigan
- difference of opinion
- donnybrook
- falling-out
- knock-down-drag-out
- breakout
- departure
- desertion
- disappearance
- flight
- freedom
- liberation
- outbreak
- rescue
- withdrawal
- abdication
- avoidance
- AWOL
- beat
- bolt
- break
- bypassing
- circumvention
- decampment
- deliverance
- dodging
- ducking
- elopement
- elusion
- elusiveness
- evasion
- evasiveness
- extrication
- fadeout
- hegira
- lam
- leave
- out
- powder
- release
- retreat
- shunning
- sidestepping
- slip
- spring
- eschewal
- runaround
- exodus
- break
- breakout
- escape
- escapement
- escaping
- exit
- fugue
- getaway
- lam
- out
- powder
- retreat
- retreating
- exfiltration
- getaway car
- running away
- ax
- boot
- bounce
- can
- cashier
- chase
- chuck
- discharge
- dismiss
- drop
- eject
- evict
- expel
- extrude
- fire
- oust
- out
- reject
- remove
- sack
- throw out
- toss out
- need
- require
- want
- minus
- miss
- out
- be deficient in
- be short of
- be without
- have need of
- hurting for
- not got
- too little too late
- discharge
- disclose
- divulge
- escape
- ooze
- pass on
- reveal
- slip
- spill
- trickle
- break
- drip
- drool
- exude
- out
- pass
- percolate
- tell
- transpire
- come out
- get out
- give away
- let slip
- make public
- spill the beans
- abate
- cease
- decrease
- die down
- die out
- diminish
- ease
- ease off
- ease up
- ebb
- fall
- moderate
- release
- relent
- slacken
- slow down
- stop
- subside
- wane
- abate
- die out
- ebb
- evaporate
- fade
- recede
- tail away
- tail off
- taper off
- wane
- come to nothing
- die down
- diminish
- drain
- dry up
- fail
- give out
- lessen
- run dry
- run low
- run out
- slack off
- stop
- abate
- bate
- close
- come to a point
- die away
- die out
- diminish
- drain
- dwindle
- fade
- lessen
- narrow
- recede
- reduce
- rescind
- subside
- thin
- thin out
- wane
- weaken
- wind down
- die
- die out
- dissolve
- evaporate
- fade
- melt
- clear
- dematerialize
- evanesce
- exit
- become invisible
- be lost
- fade away
- go away
- abate
- atrophy
- decrease
- die down
- die out
- dim
- dwindle
- ebb
- fade
- peter out
- shrink
- slacken
- subside
- taper off
- weaken
- wither
- decline
- drop
- fail
- fall
- moderate
- relent
- sink
- die away
- draw to a close
- ease off
- fade away
- fall short
- let up
- slack off
- waste away
- wind down
- abate
- dwindle
- lessen
- recede
- subside
- taper off
- bate
- close
- diminish
- drain
- fade
- narrow
- reduce
- rescind
- thin
- wane
- weaken
- die away
- die out
- thin out
- wind down
- appear
- break
- debut
- get out
- be announced
- be brought out
- be disclosed
- be divulged
- be exposed
- be issued
- be made known
- be promulgated
- be published
- be released
- be reported
- be revealed
- leak
- out
- transpire
- abate
- curtail
- decline
- decrease
- dwindle
- ebb
- lessen
- lower
- recede
- reduce
- shrink
- slacken
- subside
- temper
- wane
- weaken
- abbreviate
- attenuate
- close
- contract
- cut
- depreciate
- drain
- extenuate
- minify
- moderate
- retrench
- shrivel
- taper
- become smaller
- die out
- fade away
- peter out
- abandon
- depart
- die
- die out
- dissipate
- dissolve
- escape
- evaporate
- expire
- fade
- flee
- fly
- go
- leave
- melt
- perish
- recede
- retire
- retreat
- sink
- wane
- withdraw
- abscond
- clear
- decamp
- dematerialize
- disperse
- ebb
- end
- evanesce
- exit
- pass
- vacate
- vamoose
- be done for
- be gone
- be lost
- be no more
- be swallowed up
- cease to exist
- come to naught
- drop out of sight
- end gradually
- evanish
- fade away
- go south
- leave no trace
- melt away
- pass away
- take flight
- abate
- decay
- decline
- decrease
- die down
- diminish
- drop
- ebb
- fade
- fall
- lessen
- peter out
- shrink
- shrivel
- sink
- subside
- wane
- weaken
- wither
- bate
- close
- contract
- drain
- pine
- taper
- become smaller
- die away
- die out
- grow less
- slack off
- abate
- degenerate
- deteriorate
- die down
- die out
- diminish
- dwindle
- ease off
- fall away
- fall back
- lessen
- melt
- peter out
- recede
- shrink
- slacken
- wane
- weaken
- decay
- decrease
- drop
- fall
- flag
- languish
- moderate
- relent
- retire
- retreat
- sink
- withdraw
- fade away
- flow back
- go out
- let up
- retrocede
- chase
- dislodge
- dismiss
- dispossess
- eject
- expel
- force out
- oust
- remove
- bounce
- extrude
- out
- boot out
- heave-ho
- kick out
- put out
- send packing
- show out
- show the door
- shut out
- toss out on ear
- turn out
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How to use outs in a sentence
The pipes should be easy of access, with clean-outs in convenient places.
ELEMENTS OF PLUMBINGSAMUEL DIBBLEThis trap should have two clean-outs, one on each side of the seal.
ELEMENTS OF PLUMBINGSAMUEL DIBBLEWhen the trap is in place, one of the clean-outs can be used for the fresh air.
ELEMENTS OF PLUMBINGSAMUEL DIBBLEIn their eyes, an election is not the decision of a great, impartial jury, but a struggle between the "ins" and the "outs."
THE OLD WORLD IN THE NEWEDWARD ALSWORTH ROSSThe world doesn't know that we are 'at outs,' although we are sworn foes privately.
A DREADFUL TEMPTATIONMRS. ALEX. MCVEIGH MILLERThere were look-outs stationed forward, though, as we were supposed to be in the open sea, no danger of any sort was apprehended.
PETER THE WHALERW.H.G. KINGSTONThey are sometimes called 'dug-outs' on the Mississippi, especially when they are roughly made.
POPULAR ADVENTURE TALESMAYNE REIDThe odds are against them, because the ‘ins’ always have a tremendous advantage over the ‘outs.’
UNVEILING A PARALLELALICE ILGENFRITZ JONES AND ELLA MARCHANTNo principles of wise government had place in any mind, a blunt and jolly personalism as to the Ins and Outs animating all.
THE WELL-BELOVEDTHOMAS HARDYAfraid my little eighteen-pounder pills wont make enough impression there, if theyre in dug-outs, said the officer.
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