light out

British  

verb

1. informal (intr, adverb) to depart quickly, as if being chased

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light out Idioms  

1. Leave hastily, run away, as in Here comes the teacher—let's light out. This slangy idiom may allude to the nautical sense, that is, to move or lift anything along. [Slang; mid-1800s]

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light out

The Multistrada’s appeal is the promise of spontaneity, self-determination, volition—the idea that you can pack up and light out for the hills and maybe never come back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

"Over the course of two hours, the Moon will be biting chunks out of the Sun as it moves across in front of it, blocking the light out."

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

But it’s also standard practice to grant pilots permission to land later than that as long as it’s still light out, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2024

What the scientists needed was to spread the light out along different wavelengths and determine, for each one, which parts of its spectrum had the most light.

From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2024

The Body in the Library, however, was gripping, and he finished it after he was supposed to put his light out.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman