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contract out of

contract out of verb: to officially leave an agreement.

Verb

contract out of (third-person singular simple present contracts out of, present participle contracting out of, simple past and past participle contracted out of)

  1. (transitive) To officially leave an agreement.
    • The department contracted out of that deal ages ago.

Forms of contract out of

third-person singular presentcontracts out of
present participlecontracting out of
past participlecontracted out of
pastcontracted out of

Questions about contract out of

What does contract out of mean?
Contract out of means to officially leave an agreement.
What part of speech is contract out of?
Contract out of is a verb.
What is the past tense of contract out of?
The past tense of contract out of is contracted out of.

Words near contract out of in the dictionary

  1. contract killing
  2. contract killings
  3. contract law
  4. contract of sale
  5. contract out
  6. contract out of
  7. contract packing
  8. contract period
  9. contract periods
  10. contract programming
  11. contract system

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