down and out

Speech parts

1. down and out - Noun

2. down and out - Adjective

3. down and out - Phrase

4. down and out - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

a person who is destitute

lacking resources (or any prospect of resources)

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

down-and-out

Synonyms

kayo poor broke defeated degraded homeless impoverished needy destitute penniless insolvent indigent skint impecunious boracic
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Antonyms

wealthy salaried laboring propertied moneymaking moneybag
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Hypernyms

have-not poor person

Examples

I have known a lot of people to go down and out - they kill themselves with alcohol or downers. But I've never known anybody to go up and out. Ken Kesey

Don't be a bottleneck. If a matter is not a decision for the President or you, delegate it. Force responsibility down and out. Find problem areas, add structure and delegate. The pressure is to do the reverse. Resist it. Donald Rumsfeld

When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends. Orson Welles

Programs like food stamps, unemployment insurance, Medicaid, and job retraining help Americans get back on their feet when they are down and out and laid off through no fault of their own. Hank Johnson

The thing you've got to watch for is going broke when you're old. Look at all the people that go down and out at the finish. The man who built my country place is blind now and penniless. That's terrible! Pearl White

Make-make... There's no way out no way in To the hallowed halls of the inner ring You're just a face in the crowd You got no place When you're down and out. Mike Oldfield

Words in the phrase

down and out

Close letter words and terms

down and dirty down and distance down and lock down antiquark down at heel down at heels