She's going through a punk 'phase' right now. [=she likes punk music and fashion at this point in her life]
The sound on this movie is 'out of phase'. [=the sound does not match the images of the movie]
He seems to be 'out of phase' [=('US') 'out of step'] with the rest of the team.
(..) astrophysicist Dr. Erik Selvig DARCY: Come on, this is exciting. Look! The intern is excited. "Ian." Do you want the phase meter? No. DARCY: Bring the phase meter. The toaster-looking thing. Yeah. I know what the phase meter is. (..)2013 Thor: The Dark World