“and out”

The following 10 entries include the term and out.

down-and-out

adjective

out-and-out

adjective

: being such completely at all times, in every way, or from every point of view

in and out

adverb

: alternately in and out

in and out

noun

: an obstacle found in fox hunting and steeplechasing consisting of two fences in close proximity but impossible to clear in the same jump

in-and-out

adjective

: now good and now bad in performance

in-and-out bolt

noun

: a bolt running through from outside to inside of a ship's framing

in-and-out bond

noun

: a masonry bond formed by headers and stretchers alternating vertically especially at a corner

in-and-out plating

noun

: a system of construction for steel ships in which each alternate strake of plating laps over the edge of each adjoining strake

inside and out

adverb

know something inside and out

idiom

: to know something completely


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