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out-of-town

out-of-town is the alternative form of out of town.

Meaning of out of town

Prepositional phrase

  1. Of a person, away from home; out of one's town of residence.
    • They are out of town this week.
    Antonyms:
    in town
  2. Of a person, from a different place.
    • They look like they are from out of town.

Forms of out-of-town

comparativemore out-of-town
superlativemost out-of-town

Questions about out-of-town

What is out-of-town the alternative form of?
Out-of-town is the alternative form of out of town.

Words near out-of-town in the dictionary

  1. out-of-the-body experience
  2. out-of-the-body experiences
  3. out-of-the-box
  4. out-of-the-way
  5. out-of-time
  6. out-of-town
  7. out-of-towner
  8. out-of-towners
  9. out-of-townish
  10. out-of-tree
  11. out-of-universe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: out-of-town (page history and authors); out of town (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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