Meaning of out of place | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Not in the proper arrangement or situation.
   idiomatic
2. Inappropriate for the circumstances.
   idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“No wonder I couldn’t find it—it was out of place.”

“She came in out of the storm with not a hair out of place.”

“Amongst all those horsey people I felt quite out of place.”

“A Servant out of Place”

“A garden smoothly laid with turf, divided by thick hedges, with raised beds of bright flowers, such as we keep within walls in England, would have been out of place upon the side of this bare hill.”

“Watch me dance, dance the night away (uh-huh) I'll still keep the party runnin', not one hair out of place”

“Near-synonym: atopic”

“That remark was out of place.”

“[H]e ſo ſtudied with wordes & ſaynges brought furth ſo out of time & place to make ſporte and moue laughter, yͭ he himſelf was oftener laughed at thẽ his ieſtes were.”

“Bare lyes vvith bold affections they can face, / But dint of argument is out of place.”

“All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. […] Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion—or rather as a transition from the subject that started their conversation—such talk had been distressingly out of place.”

“[Marcus] Rashford showed the fearless streak [Gareth] Southgate so admires with his constant willingness to run at Brazil's defence with pace, even demonstrating on occasion footwork that would not have been out of place from members of England's illustrious opposition.”

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