out-of-town

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adjective

1

: coming from or going to another town or city

out-of-town mail

out-of-town visitors

2

: happening in another town or city

The band has an out-of-town show tomorrow night.

3

British : located away from the center of a town

out-of-town shopping centers

out of town

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phrase

1

: a different town

She's from out of town.

2

: away from the town or city where one lives or where an activity usually takes place

I'm going to be out of town over the weekend.

The ball club will be playing out of town next week.

Examples of out-of-town in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Community development practitioner Chris Norwood took over the Historic Ward Rooming House, a former place of lodging for unwelcome, out-of-town Black and Native Americans, in 2017 and transformed the space into Hampton Art Lovers Gallery. —Miami Herald, 15 June 2026

Harris has informed my brothers and me of his daughter’s forthcoming wedding, reception, out-of-town guest dinner. —R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026

Harris has informed my brothers and me of his daughter’s forthcoming wedding, with a reception and an out-of-town guest dinner. —R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 14 June 2026

Look professional from takeoff to your out-of-town meeting in this wrinkle-resistant button-down. —Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 12 June 2026

Rhymes for out-of-town

• chinatown
• tumbledown
• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown