come out
Britishverb
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to be made public or revealed
the news of her death came out last week
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to make a debut in society or on stage
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Also: come out of the closet. to declare openly that one is a homosexual
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to reveal or declare any habit or practice formerly concealed
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to go on strike
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to declare oneself
the government came out in favour of scrapping the project
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to be shown visibly or clearly
you came out very well in the photos
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to yield a satisfactory solution
these sums just won't come out
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to be published
the paper comes out on Fridays
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(foll by in) to become covered with
you're coming out in spots
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(foll by with) to speak or declare openly
you can rely on him to come out with the facts
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Become known, be discovered, as in The whole story came out at the trial . [c. 1200]
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Be issued or brought out, as in My new book is coming out this month . [Late 1500s]
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Make a formal debut in society or on the stage, as in In New York, debutantes come out in winter . [Late 1700s]
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End up, result, as in Everything came out wrong . [Mid-1800s] Also see come out ahead .
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. Declare oneself publicly in favor of or opposed to someone or something, as in The governor came out for a tax cut , or Many senators came out against the bill . [Late 1800s]
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Also, come out of the closet . Reveal that one is homosexual, as in The military has specific policies regarding soldiers who come out of the closet while enlisted . [Mid-1900s] Also see the subsequent entries beginning with come out .
Example Sentences
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But it strains credulity to assume that earnings will grow so much more quickly that, even after being discounted at higher interest rates, they still come out ahead.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
The movie, which hadn’t come out yet, would go on to gross nearly $2.8 billion worldwide—and there were almost definitely some fellow straphangers eager to see it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
"I don't expect much to come out of this," Jonathan Czin of the Brookings Institution told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
"What people don't understand is they're so good when they come out on tour these days," Nordqvist said.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
We come out of the woods for ten feet or so, crossing the road that runs through campus.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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