out of town

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  Away from home; out of one's town of residence.
 * 2)  From a different place.
 * 1)  From a different place.

Usage notes

 * The phrase may be used whether or not the place in question would normally be considered a town, as in the reference to Manhattan in the usage example ("any more urbanized center than the place of reference").


 * This phrase is much more common in American English than British English. Speakers of the latter usually use away or travelling for sense 1, while for sense 2, there is no equivalent set phrase.

Translations

 * Finnish: poissa kaupungista
 * German: