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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ.tʁ‿a l‿wɛst/ ~ /e.tʁ‿a l‿wɛst/
Verb
être à l’ouest
- (informal) to be out to lunch, out of it, not with it, spaced out
- Synonym: être à côté de ses pompes
- Être à l’ouest. ― To be out of it. (literally, “To be in the west.”)
Usage notes
à l'ouest is almost exclusively used predicatively.
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