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View synonyms for ins and outs
ins and outs
plural noun
- physical characteristics, as windings and turnings, nooks, or recesses:
the ins and outs of a subterranean passage.
- intricacies; particulars; peculiarities:
the ins and outs of the tax laws.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ins and outs1
First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences
You remember our description of the Cathedral of Saint Basil, with its wondrous towers and domes, and its various ins-and-outs?
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They correspond to the 'ins-and-outs' of our English workhouses.
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These little "ins-and-outs" were getting no schooling and no training save the training that fitted them for pauperism.
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I can't explain the whole ins-and-outs of the business to you.
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