Use of "out"

[Our Tort System]

Hi,

Could you please check the following sentences?

He stiffed me and I was out a lot of money.

Thanks!
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[Beeesneees]

The auxiliary tense "to be"is used with the future simple verb tense "going to".

Another cop show reference. He cheated me...
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[Alan]

Hi OTS,

I think the message above refers to something else.

Alan
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[Beeesneees]

Such as?

–verb (used with object)
28. Slang . to cheat; gyp; do out of: The company stiffed me out of a week's pay.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/stiff
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[Alan]

This - The auxiliary tense "to be" is used with the future simple verb tense "going to".
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[Beeesneees]

LOL. That's one heck of a typo and I didn't even notice it. I obviously used the paste command where I had not intended to. That line definitely refers to something else. Sorry Tort. Hopefully you got the info ou needed from the second line though.
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[Our Tort System]

Thanks Bev and Alan,

Yeah, I smelled a rat when I read that sentence about the verb "to be" =)
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