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out of house and home

out of house and home prepositional phrase: in a manner that deprives someone of a dwelling place or some usage thereof.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) In a manner that deprives someone of a dwelling place or some usage thereof.
    • Poets will drink you out of house and home
      leaving your living room in disarray2002, Gail White, “Partying with the Intelligentsia”, in Gail White: Greatest Hits 1981-2001, →ISBN, page 15
    • The other major reason [to puppy-proof] is to keep you from being chewed out of house and home.c. 2005, “Helping Your Dog Adjust to a New Home”, in The Progressive Animal Welfare Society, retrieved 16 Apr 2015

Questions about out of house and home

What does out of house and home mean?
Out of house and home means in a manner that deprives someone of a dwelling place or some usage thereof.
What part of speech is out of house and home?
Out of house and home is a prepositional phrase.

Words near out of house and home in the dictionary

  1. out of gear
  2. out of hand
  3. out of harness
  4. out of heart
  5. out of heat
  6. out of house and home
  7. out of humour
  8. Out of India hypothesis
  9. Out of India theory
  10. out of it
  11. out of joint

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