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- Remote or secluded.
- I know this out-of-the-way hotel where we could stay.
- Unusual or out of the ordinary.
- Unusually or excessively.
- 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 14, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 176:
- Improper or offensive.
- (idiomatic) Not obstructing or hindering; not in the way.
- 2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:
- In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
- (idiomatic) Taken care of.
- Now that the main problems are out of the way, we can start working on the details.
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- See: Thesaurus:remote place
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on the/(one's) way out
1. Literally, in the process of leaving or about to leave some place. I'm actually on the way out just now, so we'll have to leave the meeting until tomorrow.The doctor rang just as we were on our way out the door.
2. Declining in status or popular opinion; becoming unfashionable or undesirable. As quickly as they became a worldwide phenomenon, fidget spinners are already on their way out.Thankfully it seems like such discriminatory practices are on the way out in recent years.
3. In the process of dying or about to die. Our dog is on her way out. The poor thing can't even stand up on her own anymore.I'm on the way out, so all that money won't do me a bit of a good.
on the way out
1. About to go out, as in We were on our way out when the phone rang.
2. Going out of fashion, becoming obsolete, as in Full-size cars are on their way out.
on the way out
1 going down in status, estimation, or favour; going out of fashion. 2 dying. informalSee also: on, out, way
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