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fresh out of en · ADJ

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Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) Having recently left one stage of life to begin another.
    • 2007, Armistead Maupin, Mad, Stark Mad at SmithsonianMagazine.com Fresh out of the South and a tour of duty in Vietnam, I was seriously conservative and frightened to death of almost everything...
    • You can hardly expect someone fresh out of basic training to be a superhero who can see around every corner.
    • That boy was one of the new draft, fresh out of boot camp, and yet it was his duty to pass messages upon which the fate of a battle might depend. 1955, C.S. Forester, The Good Shepherd, page 43:
    • Students fresh out of college have highly specialized skills in newer technologies. 1998, Gordon W. Fuller, Getting the Most Out of Your Consultant, page 191:
  2. (idiomatic) Having completely exhausted one's supply of (a commodity); especially, having just run out recently.
    • ...Judy the receptionist had looked at me like I was a mental case trick-or-treater and she was fresh out of candy. 2004, Al Sorci, Fishing the Muse, page 167:
    • They've tried nothing and they're fresh out of ideas. [sarcastic comment about someone's lack of problem-solving skills]
    • Fear fun, fear love / Fresh out of fucks forever 2018, Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey, “Venice Bitch”, in Norman Fucking Rockwell!, performed by Lana Del Rey:
    • So if it was help Michael wanted, well, whoops, he was fresh out of luck. 2003, James St. James, Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland, page 208:
    • Customer: I'd like a sesame bagel, please. Waiter: Sorry, hon, we're fresh out of sesame. How about sourdough?

Hypernyms

all out · out · out of

Relateds

fresh out