on the way out

Idioms  

1. About to go out, as in We were on our way out when the phone rang .

2. Going out of fashion, becoming obsolete, as in Full-size cars are on their way out .

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Example Sentences

He insisted to Kavanaugh that any negative consequences of the ongoing conflict were already on the way out.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

"Clemence didn't even save it on the way out."

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

Within five years, the firm was looking after $165 billion compared with the puny $20 billion that its departing investors had left behind them on the way out the door at the bubble-market highs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

In a way it comes back to where we started this conversation, that there are people who would tell you that movies are on the way out.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

I’ll say I dropped the tray on the way out, she said.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood