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1 English 1.1 Adverb 1.1.1 Synonyms 1.2 Quotations 1.3 Related terms

English

Adverb

out of the box

1. Beyond the bounds of convention.

   The boss wants some new ideas - it's time to think out of the box

2. (of a product) Immediately, without intervention from the customer.

   This software has to work out of the box, without any fancy installation.

Synonyms

• laterally

Quotations

2002: Berger, despite his concentrated seriousness, is quite capable of breaking out of the box, seeing things in unexpected new ways — Peter Wollen in London Review of Books, Vol. 24 No. 7, dated 4 April 2002

Related terms

• knock out of the box
• outside the box