DOWN-AND-OUT as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a person who is destitute
    Usage Example(s)
    • he tried to help the down-and-out
    Hypernyms(s) down-and-out is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower

DOWN-AND-OUT as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • lacking resources (or any prospect of resources)
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