Out of town meaning in English

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Definition

to be out of town: to be away, absent from a city (temporarily) idiom
Kevin will be out of town next week. He will be away on business until Friday.

Examples

  • "Bruno : Susie is out of town for a little while."
  • "In case you haven't, let me summarize (I know you're frequently out of town)."
Exercise 1
Bruno explains that Susie isn't at the party because she is "out of town".
This means Susie:
Bruno explains that Susie isn't at the party because she is "out of town".
This means Susie:
This is the correct choice. The idiom "(to be) out of town" is one of the most common expressions in the English language to express that one will be "away from the office", "on a business trip" or even "on vacation".
Although this idiom does express a change of location, it does not have a sense of permanence attached to it. This statement is too strong to express that "Susie is out of town for a while".
Although in a different context, "to be out of" or "to run out of" means to have no more in one's possession, this is not the case here. For example, we could say: "I ran out of mascara, could I borrow some of yours Philip?"
Although this idiom does express a change of location, it does not have a sense of permanence attached to it. This statement is too strong to express that "Susie is out of town for a while".

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