out to lunch
Gone for the midday meal.
He is not in the office, his out to lunch.
Inattentive; daydreaming; inefficient; stupid.
Neil Bender is just out to lunch today.
out-and-out
Extreme; complete; thorough.
The candidate was an out-and-out conservative.
It was out-and-out robbery to charge twice the usual price for eggs just because they were scarce.
out-of-pocket expenses
Expenses one has to pay for oneself, not the company that sends one on a given assignment, such as tips for waiters, cab drivers, etc.
Luckily, my out-of-pocket expenses didn't amount to more than $15.
outback
The remote and uncultivated wilderness areas of Australia or New Zealand, with very few inhabitants.
Mike and Barbara roughed it in the Australian outback for nearly two years.
Any remote, sparsely populated region.
Tom's old ranch in Texas is next to an arid outback.
outer space
What is outside of the earth's air.
An astronaut cannot live without oxygen when he goes into outer space.
outside of
Not in; outside.
I would not want to meet a lion outside of a zoo.
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.
pan out
To have a result, especially a good result; result favorably; succeed.
Suppose the class tried to make money by selling candy. How would that pan out?
Edison's efforts to invent an electric light bulb did not pan out until he used tungsten wires.
parcel out
To give out in parts or shares; divide.
He parceled out the remaining food to the workers.