Out at , Out in , Out on Meaning, Definition & Usage

Definitions

1. etc., elliptical phrases, that to which out refers as a source, origin, etc., being omitted; as, out (of the house and) at the barn; out (of the house, road, fields, etc., and) in the woods.

   Three fishers went sailing out into the west, Out into the west, as the sun went down. C. Kingsley.

   In these lines after out may be understood, "of the harbor," "from the shore," "of sight," or some similar phrase. The complete construction is seen in the saying: "Out of the frying pan into the fire."