# out of the box

> English word · Prep_phrase · IPA /æɔt əv ðə bɒks/

## Definitions
1. Immediately, without intervention from the customer.
2. Outside the box; unconventionally: outside the limits of conventional thinking.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: See out of, the, box.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/out-of-the-box