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EyeSeeYou Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

What's the meaning of "hard out" ?

Paul started rehearsals with the band at 7 as he had a hard out at 8.15.

To leave fast?
  

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It's not a standard expression. Slang comes and goes very quickly. 15.

— Clive

  • It's not a standard expression.
  • Slang comes and goes very quickly.
  • 15.
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It's not a standard expression.

Slang comes and goes very quickly.
It sounds like it means 'he definitely had to leave no later than 8.15.
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EyeSeeYoua hard out at 8.15
An appointment at 8:15 that he absolutely cannot miss.

CJ
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It's commonly used here in the states with assistants or people who manage a schedule. I will say my boss has a hard out at 2pm meaning the call or meeting must end at or before 2.
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I, a speaker of BrE, have never come across this expression before.
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fivejedjonI, a speaker of BrE, have never come across this expression before.
And I've never heard it on this side of the pond, either.
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It's also tv news jargon. I direct local television news in Virginia, USA. "Hard out' refers to the time in the news telecast you cannot push past because there's something else coming on TV past that.

TV news is produced in blocks of time. So the first block is the A block and it's followed by a commercial break, then there's the B block which is followed by more commercials, etc.
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In New Zealand, the term/slang "hard out" means to agree. It has more emphasis than just saying "yes"

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