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Meanings of out of practice in anglès

Impaired in skill by neglect.

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Examples for "rusty"
1
The red coal in the rusty stove crumbles, the lantern smokes out.
The Best Short Stories of 1919, and the Yearbook of the American...
2
Sometimes he is dressed in dull gray and sometimes in rusty red.
The Burgess Animal Book for Children
3
I remember this by thinking of Popeye, whose trademark rusty croak went:
The ode less travelled: unlocking the poet within
4
In the circumstances perhaps it was inevitable those two would look rusty.
The Guardian
5
He still spoke some Italian, and she said hers was getting rusty.
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Usage of out of practice in anglès
1
He was out of practice, and getting it just right frustrated him.
The manning grooms: bride on the loose\same time, next year
2
If I stayed here much longer, I'd get completely out of practice.'
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
3
I can operate a machine, but I'm a little out of practice.
For the love of mike
4
Try me, only you must allow for my being out of practice.
Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People
5
Or perhaps, while you were at Yuma, you got out of practice.
A Texas Ranger
6
He's a pretty nippy shot in spite of being out of practice.'
On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles
7
They hadn't talked about James's conquests in years; she was out of practice.
The Heiresses
8
But I've kind of been out of practice on that particular skill set.
Guns will keep us together
9
CB Orlando Scandrick was held out of practice Thursday because of hamstring tightness.
Reuters
10
I'm out of practice when it comes to figuring out bandits.
Lonesome dove
11
Suffice it to say, maybe it's because I'm a little out of practice.
Ebony
12
It's my wrists; they have been so long out of practice.
The Rim of the Desert
13
She hadn't hunted since her son was born, and felt out of practice.
The Land of Painted Caves
14
In my own case my inward watchman is, perhaps, somewhat out of practice.
Three Men on the Bummel
15
He had never had much magic, and he was out of practice anyway.
Mixed Magics
16
You must lose something by letting yourself get out of practice.
Adela Cathcart, Volume 1