outside\ of

outside\ of
prep.
1. Not in; outside.

I would not want to meet a lion outside of a zoo.

Contrast: inside of
2. Except for; not including.

Outside of Johnny, all the boys on the basketball team are over six feet tall.

Mrs. Cox had no jewelry outside of her wedding ring.

Syn.: apart from

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