“out of a”

The following 4 entries include the term out of a.

make a mountain out of a molehill

phrase

: to treat a trifling matter as of great importance

be out of a job

idiom

: to no longer have the job one has had

ninety-nine times out of a hundred

idiom

: almost always

put (someone) out of a job

idiom

: to cause (someone) to lose his or her job


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