not out meaning
ENWNot out
- In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress.
- At least one batsman will be not out at the end of an innings, because once ten batsmen are out, the eleventh will have no partner to bat on with.
- Batting averages are calculated as runs divided by outs, which means that a player who often ends the innings not out may get an inflated batting average.
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- I hope my comments yesterday were not out of line.
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Definition of not out in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this idiom "not out" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective.