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being out of it

English translation: out of touch with reality

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English term or phrase:being out of it
Selected answer:out of touch with reality
Entered by: Veronica Prpic Uhing

12:41 Oct 16, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Social Sciences - Medical (general) / behavior
English term or phrase: being out of it
Teen-agers are also concerned about "being out of it", losing control, ....

What does "being out of it" mean? I have checked dictionaries and still don’t get it completely.
Thank you


Thank you
Veronica Prpic Uhing
United States
Local time: 20:51
under the effects of the anaesthetic and therefore...
Explanation:
out of touch with reality - what happens when they put you to sleep and operate on you is that you are no longer in control - you are out of it
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CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 03:51
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I am really grateful for help to you all!



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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +5under the effects of the anaesthetic and therefore...
CMJ_Trans (X)
4 +4being unconscious, out of control, out of awareness, out of the body experience
V_Nedkov
5out of normal state of mind, out of control
orientalhorizon
4disoriented/disorientated
Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales


Discussion entries: 2





  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
under the effects of the anaesthetic and therefore...


Explanation:
out of touch with reality - what happens when they put you to sleep and operate on you is that you are no longer in control - you are out of it

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 03:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
I am really grateful for help to you all!


Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marie-Hélène Hayles
18 mins
agree  NancyLynn: no longer in control, not making sense when awakened
44 mins
agree  kmtext: Nancy's summed up my interpretation of it.
2 hrs
agree  CHEN-Ling
3 hrs
agree  Trudy Peters
4 hrs
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
disoriented/disorientated


Explanation:
A suggestion.

Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
Local time: 03:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Asker:

Asker: Thank you!

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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
out of normal state of mind, out of control


Explanation:
Just mean losing control, not in the normal state of mind, thus showing some silly behavior.

orientalhorizon
Local time: 09:51
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 3
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you, your answer would work for me also!

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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
being unconscious, out of control, out of awareness, out of the body experience


Explanation:
It depends on the context.

V_Nedkov
Spain
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you very much!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carol Gullidge: being unconscious (but not the other options!) "Out of it" simply means unconscious - for whatever reason
27 mins
  -> Thanks, Carol!
agree  Ali Bayraktar: inebriation :)
49 mins
  -> :)
agree  Sheila Wilson: As Carol, I agree with the first - it is being unconscious. Sometimes, it means partial loss of control as in drink/drugs use (as in "out of her head on cocaine"), but not here. Out of the body experiences are something else again.
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Sheila!
agree  ErichEko ⟹⭐: w/ Carol
1 day 18 hrs
  -> Thanks, Erich!
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