# out there

idiom · CEFR B1

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/out-there
Updated: 2026-04-22

## Meaning

you use this to describe something that is very strange, unusual, or different from what most people think is normal.

## Examples

- Some of his ideas are a bit out there.
- The movie plot was so out there that I had no idea what was happening.
- While his scientific theories were certainly out there, they challenged the status quo and forced his colleagues to reconsider their own rigid assumptions.

## Origin

out + there

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