Out of action - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 11/10/2024

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Out of action.

4 letter answer(s) to out of action

  1. (American football) a complete play to advance the football; "you have four downs to gain ten yards"
  2. (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
  3. away from a more central or a more northerly place; "was sent down to work at the regional office"; "worked down on the farm"; "came down for the wedding"; "flew down to Florida"
  4. becoming progressively lower; "the down trend in the real estate market"
  5. being or moving lower in position or less in some value; "lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today"
  6. being put out by a strikeout; "two down in the bottom of the ninth"
  7. bring down or defeat (an opponent)
  8. cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"
  9. drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She kil
  1. be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
  2. dormant
  3. lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue"
  4. not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work"
  5. not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"
  6. not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands"
  7. not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds"
  8. run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling"
  9. silly or trivial; "idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light idle chatter"
  10. the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling; "the car engine was running at idle"
  11. without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"

14 letter answer(s) to out of action

  1. so badly injured as to be unable to continue; "disabled veterans"

6 letter answer(s) to out of action

9 letter answer(s) to out of action

  1. remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position; "The outspoken cabinet member was sidelined by the President"

Frequently asked questions about ‘Out of action’

What's the best solution for Out of action?

The most likely answer for the crossword clue Out of action is DOWN. Other possible answers include HORS DE COMBAT, IDLE, LAIDUP, SIDELINED.

How many solutions are there for Out of action?

We have found 5 possible answers for the crossword clue Out of action.

Which crosswords feature clues like Out of action?

Clues like Out of action often appear in daily crosswords from publications such as Daily Mail Cryptic, The Independent, Daily Star, Financial Times Daily, The Observer Speedy, among others.


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Put away18
Off17
Empty14
Blue13
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Trifling9
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Depressed7
Lazy7
Lounge7
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Sad6
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Motionless5
Pink-slip5
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Frivolous3
Going nowhere3
Inactive3
Kind of talk3
Knock about3
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No longer working3
Not active3
Not occupied3
Pillow filler3
Unused3
At leisure2
Avoiding work2
Baseless2
Casual2
Crossword direction2
Do nothing2
Doing nothing2
Elevator button2
In neutral2
Ineffectual2
Jobless2
Kill time2
Like some hands2
Like some threats2
Mark time2
Not busy2

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