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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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You can’t buy your way out of a solvency conversation with liquidity tools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

As attendees make their way out of the venue, excitement lingers through the air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

“There’s nothing magic about the $40 trillion number, and we can grow our way out of that,” he told CNBC.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

"Giving your opponent a way out" is one of his golden rules of campaigning - his full list can be found in his new book Institutionalised Deceit: Taking the Lid off Westminster Governance.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

George revved the snowmobile and turned to find another way out of town.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

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

If you prefer your microbial monsters to be more way-out and weird, there are options aplenty beyond Romero’s fanatics and ghouls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2020

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

It had been a terrific game, full of excitement and mystery and way-out imagining, but it had been a great deal more than that.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder