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Come out

//ˌkʌm ˈaʊt// verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, out.

    "The mouse came out of the hole."

  2. 2
    appear or become visible; make a showing wordnet
  3. 3
    To be discovered; to be revealed. intransitive

    "It finally came out that he had been lying all the time."

  4. 4
    be issued or published wordnet
  5. 5
    To be published or released; to be issued; to be broadcast for the first time. intransitive

    "My new book comes out next week."

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  1. 6
    come out of wordnet
  2. 7
    To make a formal debut in society. dated, historical

    "My daughter comes out in the spring."

  3. 8
    break out wordnet
  4. 9
    To end up or result; to turn out to be. copulative

    "There were a lot of problems at the start, but it all came out well in the end."

  5. 10
    take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal wordnet
  6. 11
    To walk onto the field at the beginning of an innings.
  7. 12
    be made known; be disclosed or revealed wordnet
  8. 13
    To come out of the closet. idiomatic, informal

    "He came out to his parents as gay last week."

  9. 14
    to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality wordnet
  10. 15
    To originate in; to derive from; to be taken from out of or to have arrived from.

    "That comes out of my paycheck."

  11. 16
    bulge outward wordnet
  12. 17
    To express one's opinion openly.

    "You had come out in favor of the French Revolution."

  13. 18
    make oneself visible; take action wordnet
  14. 19
    To become visible in the sky as a result of clouds clearing away.

    "It's quite warm now the sun has come out."

  15. 20
    drop out wordnet
  16. 21
    To protest or go on strike, especially out of solidarity with other workers.

    "We got the folks at the Detroit plant to come out too."

  17. 22
    result or end wordnet
  18. 23
    To make a debut in a new field; to start off a career or reputation.

    "Here's some tips for coming out as an artist."

  19. 24
    To emerge from or reach the end of an era, event or process. intransitive

    "I was coming out of a period of unemployment then."

  20. 25
    To be removed. intransitive

    "Red wine will help that stain come out."

  21. 26
    To join a church; to convert to a religion. intransitive, slang

    "I came out after a period of difficulty in my life."

  22. 27
    To begin with something. intransitive

    "He came out with a pair of kings."

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