Word info

seven out

Verb

Meaning

seven out (third-person singular simple present sevens out, present participle sevening out, simple past and past participle sevened out)

(gambling, dice games) in the game of craps, to roll a seven after having established the "point".
Synonym: crap out

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

A battle goes on in the stock market and the tape is your telescope. You can depend upon it seven out of ten cases. Edwin Lefèvre

The biggest opportunity in 2013 is in Africa. It has seven out of the ten fastest-growing economies in the world. In Nigeria alone there are 100 million people with mobile phones. In total, 300 million Africans - five times the population of Britain - are in the middle class. David Miliband

Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries the cross, in a way, until blacks make inroads in other dimensions. Arthur Ashe

'The Hangover' was, like, solid. I laughed a bit, you know. Seven out of 10, maybe. But I made it 32 minutes into 'Hangover 2' before I walked out. Evan Goldberg

Seven out of 10 Americans are one paycheck away from being homeless. Pras Michel

Seven out of my nine films were hits. 80 per cent of the audience loves my films; the remaining 20 per may be right in their opinion, but that doesn't make me wrong. If I try too hard to woo them, I'd be cheating my core audience. Rohit Shetty

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