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.
(..) $ . in the last month. Something like that. You make grand in a month? Yeah.. I'd tell you what. You show me a phase up of the . dollars. I'll quit my job right now, and I will work for you. Hei, Paulie, what's up? No, yeah, yeah, everything is fine. (..)2013 The Wolf of Wall Street
(..) which is start kicking in by the time I finished my sales meeting. My dingle face. By dinner, I popped a few more, on top of some coctail and valium too. My slur phase By eight thirty, I took a few more ludes.. I am pretty much lost all my motor skill. This was the drool face. the fuck I was. (..)2013 The Wolf of Wall Street
(..) But they're not offing each other in record numbers all over America. Look at the statistics, for chrissakes. One in every three black males is in some phase of the correctional system. Is that a coincidence or do these people have a racial commitment to crime? Not only that. They're proud of it. (..)1998 American History X