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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sideline, out of boundsadjective

    a line that marks the side boundary of a playing field

  2. out-of-boundsadjective

    outside the foul lines

  3. off-limits, out-of-bounds(p)adjective

    barred to a designated group

    "that area is off-limits"

Wiktionary

  1. out of boundsnoun

    A sideline marking the edge of a playing field or court.

  2. out of boundsadverb

    Outside the area of play; beyond the sideline of a playing field or court.

  3. out of boundsadjective

    prohibited to enter

  4. out of boundsadjective

    beyond the bounds of civility or morality; extremely unreasonable

ChatGPT

  1. out of bounds

    Out of bounds generally refers to a situation or condition where something has transgressed or surpassed defined, acceptable, or legal limits or boundaries. It can apply to various contexts such as games, sports, topics of discussion, behavior, or physical areas. When something is 'out of bounds', it implies it has breached rules, standards, or thresholds set by an authority or agreed upon norms.

Wikidata

  1. Out of Bounds

    Out of Bounds is a 1986 American action-thriller feature film directed by Richard Tuggle and starring Anthony Michael Hall. It is currently not available on DVD.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of out of bounds in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of out of bounds in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of out of bounds in a Sentence

  1. Dick Cheney:

    What I keep hearing out there is they portray this as a rogue operation and the agency was way out of bounds and then they lied about it, i think that's all a bunch of hooey. The program was authorized. The agency did not want to proceed without authorization, and it was also reviewed legally by the Justice Department before they undertook the program.

  2. Jack Nunge:

    Ever since Jonas has taken over as head coach, we haven’t really had any out-of-bounds plays, i tried to call — look at the bench and call a simple one everybody knows, and Colby looked at me and said he was going to throw me the ball, and I was fortunate enough to knock down the shot.

  3. New Jersey:

    You know that’s not true, so stop, OK? You want to say other stuff about me? Fine. But that’s out of bounds. Stop it.

  4. The US Army:

    We invite everyone to come back, if they do something that's out of bounds of our updated policies or Twitch guidelines then we will moderate the stream appropriately.

  5. Elaine Chao:

    The President has not declared anything out of bounds, so everything is on the table.


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