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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  

[way-aut] / 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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He drove all the way out to Simi Valley.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

MarketWatch: Is there a way out of this debt trajectory?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

There's a strong argument that a sanctioning agreement is the cleanest way out of this.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

"Whenever I was awake, I would try to find a way out," he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

The only way out of that hole was right over the snake and I never did like to run over snakes.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

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

While intelligent machines may beat humans in many domains, as they already have in game play, the possibility of AI systems developing self-awareness and free will is still the stuff of way-out science fiction.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2021

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

On Wednesday France invited Hariri and his family to Paris, providing what French diplomats have described as a way-out for him to leave Saudi Arabia without any side losing face.

From Reuters ● Nov. 16, 2017

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