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  1. OUT OF BOUNDS definition: 1. If an area is out of bounds, people are not allowed to go there: 2. In sports, if the ball is…. Learn more.

  2. The meaning of OUT-OF-BOUNDS is outside the prescribed or conventional boundaries or limits. How to use out-of-bounds in a sentence.

  3. out of bounds. if a place is out of bounds, you are not allowed to go there. The area has been out of bounds to foreigners for more than a month. if a subject is out of bounds, you are not allowed to discuss it. The private lives of public figures should be out of bounds to the press and public.

  4. out of bounds. Beyond established limits, breaking the rules, unreasonable. For example, Calling the teacher a liar-that's out of bounds. This expression alludes to the boundaries of the playing area in numerous sports and to the rules applying to them. Its figurative use dates from the 1940s.

  5. Out-of-bounds definition: being beyond or passing the limits or boundaries of a field, course, etc., marking the area within which the ball, puck, or the like is legally in play.. See examples of OUT-OF-BOUNDS used in a sentence.

  6. Find 9 different ways to say OUT OF BOUNDS, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.

  7. To enter into a topic that is not open to discussion, commentary, or criticism. The interviewer wanted to ask about the author's family, but the PR manager told her not to go out of bounds with her questions. You went out of bounds when you criticized his novel—he's very sensitive about it.