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out of the box

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Australia/æɔt əv ðə bɒks/Canada/ʌʊt əv ðə bɑːks/

out of the box prepositional phrase: of a product, immediately, without intervention from the customer.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Of a product, immediately, without intervention from the customer.
    • This software has to work out of the box, without any fancy installation.
    • As well as trade union opposition when the new Class 195s arrived, they could not work 'out of the box' due to gauge clearance issues.2019 November 6, “Industry Insider: Blame the policymakers”, in Rail, page 76
    Synonyms:
    off the shelf
  2. (figuratively) Outside the box; unconventionally: outside the limits of conventional thinking.
    • He started out with the rather obvious alternative of talking to Junior; Hesh’s scheme was more imaginative; and Tony’s idea of torching the restaurant really is out of the box.2004, Deborrah Himsel, Leadership Sopranos Style: How to Become a More Effective Boss, Kaplan Publishing, →ISBN, page 135
    • Mom and dad didn’t have a ready answer to Mort’s out of the box idea, but Mickey did.2005, John Campbell Self, Faeries’ Dance, Cupid’s Dream, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 16
    Synonyms:
    laterally, outside the box, outside of the box, OOTB
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: See out of, the, box.

out of the box meaning in Tamil

out of the box in Tamil

மரபு சொற்றொடர் ஆகும்

Synonyms of out of the box

Forms of out of the box

alternative formout-of-the-box

Words formed from out of the box

Words that rhyme with out of the box

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Questions about out of the box

What does out of the box mean?
Out of the box means of a product, immediately, without intervention from the customer.
What is out of the box in Tamil?
Out of the box in Tamil is மரபு சொற்றொடர் ஆகும். See Out of the box meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is out of the box?
Out of the box is a prepositional phrase.
How do you pronounce out of the box?
Out of the box is pronounced /æɔt əv ðə bɒks/ (Australia).

Words near out of the box in the dictionary

  1. out of suits with
  2. out of sync
  3. out of temper
  4. out of the ark
  5. out of the blue
  6. out of the box
  7. out of the chute
  8. out of the common
  9. out of the corner of one's eye
  10. out of the frying pan and into the fire
  11. out of the frying pan, into the fire

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Adapted from Wiktionary: out of the box (page history and authors); out of the box (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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