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on the outside looking in

on the outside looking in is the alternative form of on the outside.

Meaning of on the outside

Prepositional phrase

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, the, outside.
  2. On the outer surface.
    Antonyms:
    on the inside
  3. To outward appearances.
  4. (UK) Not in prison.

Questions about on the outside looking in

What is on the outside looking in the alternative form of?
On the outside looking in is the alternative form of on the outside.

Words near on the outside looking in in the dictionary

  1. on the other side of
  2. on the otherhand
  3. on the outlook
  4. on the outs
  5. on the outside
  6. on the outside looking in
  7. on the outside, looking in
  8. on the pad
  9. on the panel
  10. on the part of
  11. on the pat and mick

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Adapted from Wiktionary: on the outside looking in (page history and authors); on the outside (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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