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key out of danger out of
safe, secure, sure; in safety, in security; on the safe side; under the shield of, under the shade of, under the wing of, under the shadow of one's wing; under cover, under lock and key; out of danger, out of the woods, out of the meshes, out of harm's way; unharmed, unscathed; on sure ground, at anchor, high and dry, above water; unthreatened[obs3], unmolested; protected &c. v.; cavendo tutus[Lat]; panoplied &c. (defended) 717[obs3].
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

kept out of doors obtain one
But if the dog is to be kept out of doors, obtain one of the improved kennels, with the entrance at the side, which affords a shelter from the wind, rain, and snow, and have a chain constructed with two or, preferably, three swivels in it, that it cannot become twisted up.
— from All About Dogs: A Book for Doggy People by Charles Henry Lane

keeping out of degradation out of
No children whom his toils, efforts, and sufferings are keeping out of degradation, out of want, and out of that very arena which he treads with a spirit that nothing can subdue, in order that those whom he loves may never enter it?"
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 11, April, 1870 to September, 1870 by Various

known of our departure or our
With the single exception of our friend at Hampstead, not a human being should have known of our departure or our destination.
— from Aladdin of London; Or, Lodestar by Max Pemberton

killed off or driven out of
I am sorry that I have not at hand the full text of the letter, but it was a very friendly document, and, so far as I can now remember, told them that President Young had sent us to Washakie and his people as their friends, that we were truthful and good men, who would tell them many good things about how to live in peace with all people; that President Young and the Mormon people were true friends to the Indian race, and wished them to be our friends, that we might live in peace with each other, for it would not be many years before all the game would be killed off or driven out of the country, and the white men would want to come and settle in the land; that if the Indians would settle down and build houses like the white man, and cultivate the land as the white man did, when the game was gone they and their families would have something to eat.
— from Life of a Pioneer: Being the Autobiography of James S. Brown by James S. (James Stephens) Brown


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