spelling bee
Word forms: spelling bees
countable noun
A spelling bee is a competition in which children try to spell words correctly. Anyone who makes a mistake is out and the competition continues until only one person is left.
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- out of step
- out of stock
- out of sync
- out of sync/in sync, out of synch/in synch
- out of the blue
- out of the blue
- out of the box
- out of the frying pan into the fire
- out of the loop
- out of the ordinary
- out of the picture
- out of the picture
- out of the question
- out of the running
- out of the top drawer
- out-of-the-way
- out of the way
- out-of-the-way place
- out of thin air
- out of thin air
- out of this world
- out of this world
- out of time
- out of touch
- out of touch