Usage of "out of practice"

Impaired in skill by neglect.

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Usage of out of practice in English

He was out of practice, and getting it just right frustrated him. 
 The manning grooms: bride on the loose\same time, next year 

If I stayed here much longer, I'd get completely out of practice.' 
 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke 

I can operate a machine, but I'm a little out of practice. 
 For the love of mike 

Try me, only you must allow for my being out of practice. 
 Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People 

Or perhaps, while you were at Yuma, you got out of practice. 
 A Texas Ranger 

He's a pretty nippy shot in spite of being out of practice.' 
 On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles 

They hadn't talked about James's conquests in years; she was out of practice. 
 The Heiresses 

But I've kind of been out of practice on that particular skill set. 
 Guns will keep us together 

CB Orlando Scandrick was held out of practice Thursday because of hamstring tightness. 
 Reuters 

I'm out of practice when it comes to figuring out bandits. 
 Lonesome dove 

Suffice it to say, maybe it's because I'm a little out of practice. 
 Ebony 

It's my wrists; they have been so long out of practice. 
 The Rim of the Desert 

She hadn't hunted since her son was born, and felt out of practice. 
 The Land of Painted Caves 

In my own case my inward watchman is, perhaps, somewhat out of practice. 
 Three Men on the Bummel 

He had never had much magic, and he was out of practice anyway. 
 Mixed Magics 

You must lose something by letting yourself get out of practice. 
 Adela Cathcart, Volume 1 

Meanings of out of practice in English