out of the box

== English == === Alternative forms === out-of-the-box (especially in attributive use) === Pronunciation === (General Australian) IPA(key): /æɔt əv ðə bɒks/, /æʊt əv ðə bɒks/ (Canada) IPA(key): /ʌʊt əv ðə bɑːks/ (UK) IPA(key): /aʊt əv ðə bɒks/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ɘʉt əv ðə bɒks/ (US) IPA(key): /aʊt əv ðə bɑːks/ Rhymes: -ɒks === Prepositional phrase === out of the box (of a product) Immediately, without intervention from the customer. Synonym: off the shelf (figurative) Outside the box; unconventionally: outside the limits of conventional thinking. Synonyms: laterally, outside the box, outside of the box, OOTB Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: See out of, the, box. ==== Usage notes ==== In the sense "unconventionally", outside the box is more frequently used, more than three to one in the US, perhaps to avoid confusion with the other sense of "out of the box". Also used is "outside of the box". ==== Derived terms ==== out-of-box experience ==== Related terms ==== knock out of the box ==== Translations ==== === References === “out of the box”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.