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out (adv.)
at a loss, put out, nonplussed; unable to remember one's lines
AYL III.ii.244[Celia to Rosalind] You bring me out [i.e. make me at a loss]
AYL IV.i.68[Rosalind as Ganymede to Orlando] very good orators, when they are out, they will spit
AYL IV.i.74[Orlando to Rosalind as Ganymede] Who could be out, being before his beloved mistress?
Cor V.iii.41[Coriolanus to himself] I have forgot my part and I am out
LLL V.ii.152[Princess to Boyet, of Mote's speech] The rest will ne'er come in, if he be out
LLL V.ii.173[Mote to Berowne, of the ladies] They do not mark me, and that brings me out
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