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out-of-bounds

out-of-bounds \out-of-bounds\ adj.

  1. (Sports) outside the delimited playing field. [Narrower terms: {foul (vs. fair) ] WordNet 1.5]

  2. barred to a designated group. [predicate]

    Syn: off-limits.

  3. Beyond the limits of the expected standard of taste or propriety; as, an out-of-bounds remark.

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out-of-bounds

adv. beyond designated limits

WordNet
out-of-bounds
  1. adj. outside the foul lines

  2. barred to a designated group; "that area is off-limits" [syn: off-limits, out-of-bounds(p)]

Usage examples of "out-of-bounds".

Not only did I have not a single credit in my pockets but also my identoplate would be out-of-bounds: if I tried to use it for money or purchases of any kind, I would overdraw into next year's pay and even maybe get cashiered for debt.

I nodded -- but I didn't really understand what he meant until an hour or so later, when Coach Madden signaled the end of that day's practice and Davis suddenly rushed onto the field and grabbed the quarterback, Ken Stabler, along with a receiver and a defensive back I didn't recognize, and made them run the same pass pattern -- a quick shot from about 15 yards out with the receiver getting the ball precisely at the corner of the goal line and the out-of-bounds line-- at least twelve consecutive times until they had it down exactly the way he wanted it.