OUT IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does out in mean? 

• OUT IN (verb)
  The verb OUT IN has 1 sense:

1. enter a harbor

  Familiarity information: OUT IN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUT IN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enter a harbor

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

call at; out in

Context example:

the ship called in Athens

Hypernyms (to "out in" is one way to...):

come in; enter; get in; get into; go in; go into; move into (to come or go into)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

 Context examples 

Suddenly a door opened at the other end of the passage, and a long, golden bar of light shot out in our direction.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“You’re welcome to all you can find out in my smithy,” said he.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was true the South Seas were calling to him, but he had a feeling that the game was not yet played out in the United States.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

We hardly exchanged a word during breakfast, and immediately afterwards I went out for a walk, that I might think the matter out in the fresh morning air.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I should certainly have done so out in that world to which we belonged.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He started as if he had been shot, threw up his head, and cried out in a fierce tone, "Don't tell me that, Jo, I can't bear it now!"

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

When the war broke out in ’93 I was cut off from them for nine years.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The she-wolf, too, left her litter and went out in search of meat.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

I have come out in another way.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“I suppose you realise, Mr. Sherlock Holmes,” said he, “that if your government bears you out in this treatment it becomes an act of war.”

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)