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  way out

  noun

  the means by which a predicament, dilemma, etc., may be solved.
• way-out
  way-out

  adjective

  advanced in style or technique.

way out

¹ American  

noun

1. the means by which a predicament, dilemma, etc., may be solved.

2. Chiefly British. an exit or exit door, as in a theater.

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way-out ² American  

[wey-out] / ˈweɪˈaʊt /

adjective

Informal.

1. advanced in style or technique.

   way-out jazz.

2. exotic or esoteric in character.

   way-out theories on nutrition.

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way-out British  

adjective

1. extremely unconventional or experimental; avant-garde

2. excellent or amazing

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Etymology

Origin of way-out

1950–55; adj. use of way out far off; see way ², out

Example Sentences

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Handed a way out by the club she represented as a junior, she says she was not sure what to expect when signing for Renee Slegers' side.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Pressure to cut costs has intensified as Chinese brands have sought to export their way out of cut-throat competition at home, threatening European carmakers on their home turf.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

That is the way out of the discourse doom loop and into the solution.

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026

“We’re about three standard deviations higher than the norm, and that’s way out of line, and just to come back to that level you would have 40% — 45% selling,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

“We have a better chance of finding a way out from Benefo’s farm.”

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

But in the 1950s, Detroit was still about blue-skying massive, gas-swigging machines and way-out concept cars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

When he won in Turin he instantly became a sensation — the way-out, pimpled, bandana-wearing face of Burton snowboards and whoever else wanted to write him a check.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2022

Some of the stuff I like from the ’60s, like Cream or Procol Harum, had way-out lyrics.

From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2018

This frolic on the wilder shores of mathematics, by astronomer David Darling and maths prodigy Agnijo Banerjee, aims to bolt the way-out to the day-to-day.

From Nature ● Jan. 15, 2018

The crowd loved any way-out lindying style that made a colorful show like that.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey