be\ on\ the\ outs\ with

be\ on\ the\ outs\ with
v. phr.
To not be on speaking terms with someone; be in disagreement with someone.

Jane and Tom have been on the outs with one another since Tom started to date another woman.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • be on the outs with — {v. phr.} To not be on speaking terms with someone; be in disagreement with someone. * /Jane and Tom have been on the outs with one another since Tom started to date another woman./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • on the outs (with someone) — mod. in a mild dispute with someone; sharing ill will with someone. □ Tom and Bill are on the outs again. □ Tom has been on the outs with Bill before. They’ll work it out …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

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  • on the outs — {adj. phr.}, {informal} Not friendly; having a quarrel. * /Mary and Sue were on the outs./ * /Being on the outs with a classmate is very upsetting./ Syn.: AT ODDS …   Dictionary of American idioms

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  • on\ the\ outs — adj. phr. informal Not friendly; having a quarrel. Mary and Sue were on the outs. Being on the outs with a classmate is very upsetting. Syn.: at odds …   Словарь американских идиом

  • on the outs — adjective On unfriendly terms; estranged. I marvel that a mind on the outs with itself should have nevertheless made a painstaking record of its every tremor. Syn: at odds …   Wiktionary

  • outs — n. (colloq.) to be on the outs with smb. ( to be on bad terms with smb. ) * * * (colloq.) to be on the outs with smb. ( to be on bad terms with smb. ) …   Combinatory dictionary

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