Meaning of out of the box | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Immediately, without intervention from the customer.
2. Outside the box; unconventionally: outside the limits of conventional thinking.
   figuratively
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: See out of, the, box.

Equivalents

Examples

“This software has to work out of the box, without any fancy installation.”

“As well as trade union opposition when the new Class 195s arrived, they could not work 'out of the box' due to gauge clearance issues.”

“He started out with the rather obvious alternative of talking to Junior; Hesh’s scheme was more imaginative; and Tony’s idea of torching the restaurant really is out of the box.”

“Mom and dad didn’t have a ready answer to Mort’s out of the box idea, but Mickey did.”

“She: You’re not trying to think out of the box!”

“She said the agency was happy to review “out-of-the-box pitches,” particularly those that celebrate “what it means to be an American.””

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