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Definition of Come out

1. Verb. Appear or become visible; make a showing. "I hope the list key is going to surface again"

2. Verb. Be issued or published. "The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet"

3. Verb. Come out of. "The words seemed to come out by themselves"

4. Verb. Result or end. "How will the game turn out?"

5. Verb. Come off. "His hair and teeth fell out"

6. Verb. Take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal. "Jerry came in third in the Marathon"

7. Verb. Make oneself visible; take action. "Young people should step to the fore and help their peers"

8. Verb. Bulge outward. "His eyes popped"

9. Verb. To state openly and publicly one's homosexuality. "This actor outed last year"

10. Verb. Be made known; be disclosed or revealed. "The truth will out"

11. Verb. Break out. "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted"

Definition of Come out

1. Verb. To be discovered, be revealed. ¹

2. Verb. To be published, be issued. ¹

3. Verb. (context: as a debutante) To make a formal debut in society. ¹

4. Verb. To end up or result. ¹

5. Verb. (cricket of a batsman) To walk onto the field at the beginning of an innings. ¹

6. Verb. (idiomatic informal) To come out of the closet. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Come Out

come into effect come into force come into its own come near come of come of age come off it come on down come on home come on over

come online come ons come out (current term) come out in come out in the wash come out of one's shell come out of the woodwork come out smelling like a rose come out smelling of roses come out swinging

come out with come over come round come short come stà come the acid

Literary usage of Come out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"You have said the truth, and it is to be lamented; but he that feareth the King of paradise shall come out of them all. CHR. There are strange opinions in ..."

2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"... assert that it was to give the enemy an impression that we were short of ammunition, and thereby induce them to come out of their works and attack us. ..."

3. Sermons on Several Occasions by John Wesley (1836)
"Oh " come out from among them !" from all unholy men, however harmless they may appear; " and be ye separate :" at least, so far as to have no intimacy with ..."

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