Definition of "out of practice" []

• Diminished in proficiency, especially in exercising a skill, due to disuse or a lack of recent experience. (adjective)

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• "Flogging had not gone out of practice in the schoolroom, nor was there any law or sentiment that interfered with the teacher's free use of the birch."
• "Parlabane was out of practice but not out of shape."