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Come out Very Common

Come out has 12 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

appear or become visible; make a showing

"She turned up at the funeral"

"I hope the list key is going to surface again"

2

be issued or published

"Did your latest book appear yet?"

"The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet"

3

come out of

"Water issued from the hole in the wall"

"The words seemed to come out by themselves"

4

result or end

"How will the game turn out?"

5

come off

"His hair and teeth fell out"

6

take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal

"Jerry came in third in the Marathon"

7

make oneself visible; take action

"Young people should step to the fore and help their peers"

8

bulge outward

"His eyes popped"

9

to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality

"This actor outed last year"

10

be made known; be disclosed or revealed

"The truth will out"

11

break out

"The tooth erupted and had to be extracted"

12

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come,‎ out.

Example Sentences
"She turned up at the funeral" verb
"I hope the list key is going to surface again" verb
"Did your latest book appear yet?" verb
"The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet" verb
"Water issued from the hole in the wall" verb
"The words seemed to come out by themselves" verb
"How will the game turn out?" verb
"His hair and teeth fell out" verb
"Jerry came in third in the Marathon" verb
"Young people should step to the fore and help their peers" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
appear happen end issue rank act change shape unwrap
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
pop out radiate leak escape fall debouch come out eventuate work out dehisce
Rhyming Words
out tout yout hout gout pout aout dout lout bout kout rout fout scout grout smout chout plout x out trout
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