light out

verb

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

Idioms and Phrases

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]

Example Sentences

Bike to dinner Me and my wife love to get on our bikes while it’s still light out, and ride our bikes to a fun restaurant near us and have a nice meal, maybe a couple glasses of wine, and then you’re riding back on your bike in the dark.

From Los Angeles Times

You Dean Mears took the light out of my life.

From BBC

"If I was back in the office at 8:30 at night, he'd be like: 'What are you doing here? It's still light out. Go knock on some more doors.'"

From Salon

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

“The day doesn’t end, you just give up and go to bed when it’s still light out.”

From New York Times