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out of one's system

out of one's system prepositional phrase: eliminated from one's disposition, mindset, or concerns.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (often) Eliminated from one's disposition, mindset, or concerns.
    • Regular exercise might help you to get the anger out of your system.
    • I feel like you sow your oats when you're young, and then you just, you know, you get it out of your system.2022 November 27, Mike White, “That's Amore”, in Mike White, director, The White Lotus, season 2, episode 5, spoken by Daphne Sullivan (Meghann Fahy), via HBO
  2. (literally) Physically eliminated from the body.

Questions about out of one's system

What does out of one's system mean?
Out of one's system means eliminated from one's disposition, mindset, or concerns.
What part of speech is out of one's system?
Out of one's system is a prepositional phrase.

Words near out of one's system in the dictionary

  1. out of one's own pocket
  2. out of one's senses
  3. out of one's sight
  4. out of one's skin
  5. out of one's skull
  6. out of one's system
  7. out of one's time
  8. out of one's tree
  9. out of one's wits
  10. out of order
  11. out of phase

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