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out on

out on is the alternative form of out upon.

Meaning of out upon

Interjection

out upon

  1. (archaic) Shame on; away with; curses upon.
    • You skie-ſtaring Cocks combes you: you fat braines, out upon you; you are good for nothing but to ſweat night-caps, and make rug-gownes deare: […]1599 (first performance), B. I. [i.e., Ben Jonson], The Comicall Satyre of Euery Man out of His Humor. […], London: […] [Adam Islip] for William Holme, […], published 1600, →OCLC, Act III, scene ii...
    Synonyms:
    a pox on, fie upon, to hell with

Questions about out on

What is out on the alternative form of?
Out on is the alternative form of out upon.

Words near out on in the dictionary

  1. out of wack
  2. out of wedlock
  3. out of whack
  4. out of wind
  5. out of work
  6. out on
  7. out on a limb
  8. out on one's ear
  9. out on one's feet
  10. out on the tiles
  11. out one's mind

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