inside-out
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Definitions ofinside-out
- With the inside surface turned to be on the outside.
Example: "I now realise that I have my shirt on inside out."
- (of knowledge) Thoroughly, extremely well.
Example: "I know IBM Assembler Language inside out."
- Describes the hitting of a ball that pitched outside of leg stump to the off side of the field.
Example: "He hit the ball inside out in an ugly manner, but scored a four."
- With the inner and outer surfaces reversed.
- Describing cross-court shots made by the unexpected hand, as of a backhand return of a ball struck to the player's forehand.
- Directed to the side; sideways.
Example: "He cast me a sidelong glance."
- Slanting or sloping; oblique.
- Indirect; suggestive; not straightforward.
Example: "She made some sidelong remarks about his manhood."
- Along the side of something.
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