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out-of-bounds

  [out-uhv-boundz]
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–adjective
1. Sports. 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.
2. beyond any established boundaries or prescribed limits; prohibited; forbidden.
3. further than or beyond established limits, as of behavior or thought.
Origin:
1855–60
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bound

3  [bound]
–noun
1. Usually, bounds. limit or boundary: the bounds of space and time; within the bounds of his estate; within the bounds of reason.
2. something that limits, confines, or restrains.
3. bounds,
a. territories on or near a boundary.
b. land within boundary lines.
4. Mathematics. a number greater than or equal to, or less than or equal to, all the numbers in a given set. Compare greatest lower bound, least upper bound, lower bound, upper bound.
–verb (used with object)
5. to limit by or as if by bounds; keep within limits or confines.
6. to form the boundary or limit of.
7. to name or list the boundaries of.
–verb (used without object)
8. to abut.
—Idiom
9. out of bounds,
a. beyond the official boundaries, prescribed limits, or restricted area: The ball bounced out of bounds.
b. forbidden; prohibited: The park is out of bounds to students.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME bounde < AF; OF bone, bonde, var. of bodne < ML budina, of uncert. orig.; cf. bourn 2

Related forms:
bound⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1. border, frontier, confine.
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Word Origin & History

bound  (v.)
"to leap," 1586, from M.Fr. bondir, from O.Fr. bondir "to leap, rebound, make a noise," originally "to echo back," from V.L. *bombitire "to buzz, hum" (see bomb), perhaps on model of V.L. *tinnitire. Hence bounder (slang, 1889) "would-be stylish person," perhaps from notion of one trying to "bound" into high society, but earliest usage suggests one outside the "bounds" of acceptable socializing.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: bound
Function: adjective
: placed under a legal or moral restraint or obligation
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: bound
Pronunciation: 'baund
Function: adjective
1 : made costive : CONSTIPATED
2 : held in chemical or physical combination <bound water in a molecule>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Idioms & Phrases

out of bounds

Beyond established limits, breaking the rules, unreasonable. For example, Calling the teacher a liarthat'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. [Early 1800s] Also see within bounds.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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