/ · 1894 Brewer’s · I · Ins and Outs of the Matter (The)
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All the details, both direct and indirect.
“If you want to know the ins and outs of the Yankees … . I know all their points, shape, make, and breed.”—Haliburton.
⁂ Sometimes the “Ins” means those in office, and the “Outs” those out of office, or in Opposition.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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