On the outs

I marvel that a mind on the outs with itself should have nevertheless made a painstaking record of its every tremor.

A second ill of this day lies in the trend of getting more and more on the outs with those who have been more successful than we.

1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure He's staying at my place because he & Bridg are on the outs.

"The first country, Nicaragua, was a give-away," noted one State Department observer, referring to the GSP review of the country most on the outs with the administration.

The fact that he and her sister seemed to be more on the outs than ever may have been half her motivation in leaving the door open a crack.