shin out
C1 informal inseparable intransitive
In simple words
To climb out of something by gripping it with your arms and legs and pulling yourself along.
Literal meaning: To use the shins to climb outward from something.
Meanings
1 C1 informal
To exit a confined space or climb out of something by gripping with the limbs and body.
"He had to shin out of the window when the door was stuck fast."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Chiefly British English. Refers to the physical technique of shinning — wrapping the limbs around a pole, tree, or similar and moving by gripping. Mostly encountered in descriptions of physical activity or escape. Not widely used in contemporary everyday speech.
Commonly used with
window tree pipe wall rope
Forms
Base
shin out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
shins out
he/she/it
Past simple
shined out
yesterday
Past participle
shined out
have + pp
-ing form
shining out
continuous
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