well out of something

Related to word: well

Idiom

Definition

  1. Describes a situation where someone or something is fortunate to not be involved in a particular situation or event.

    • Hearing about the company's layoffs, I'm so glad I chose to leave when I did; I was well out of that.

    • He had already left the project team when the scandal broke, he was well out of it.

    • They decided to sell their house just before the real estate market crashed, they were well out of that.