light out
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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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
Well, that is the question, and you do wonder why these kids don’t just light out for Portland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025
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
Before I snapped the light out I looked around to see if there was anything else, then I saw that I had forgotten my hat.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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