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out of court

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

Meaning of out-of-court

Adjective

out-of-court (not comparable)

  1. Without resorting to formal legal action.
    • To avoid negative publicity, we arrived at an out-of-court settlement.

Questions about out of court

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

Words near out of court in the dictionary

  1. out of condition
  2. out of context
  3. out of control
  4. out of countenance
  5. out of course
  6. out of court
  7. out of date
  8. out of doors
  9. out of drawing
  10. out of fashion
  11. out of favor

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