out of character
The phrase "out of character" is used to describe actions or behaviors that are not typical of someone's usual personality or role.
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Definition
B2General
(idiomatic)Not typical of a person's usual behavior.
Example
- Her sudden outburst was completely out of character for her calm demeanor.
C1Acting
(theatrical, roleplaying)Not maintaining the mindset or actions of the character being portrayed.
Example
- The actor stepped out of character to address the audience.
C1Roleplaying Games
(gaming)Speaking or acting as oneself rather than as the assigned character.
Example
- During the game, he went out of character to discuss the rules.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "out of character":
in characterout of lineout of placeout of stepout of the commonout of sortsout of one's timeout of frameoriginal characterout of boundsout of itout ofout of squareout of questionout of touchout of one's boxout of control