come out Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb appear or become visible; make a showing
   turn up; show up; surface; come on.
   
   • She turned up at the funeral
   • I hope the list key is going to surface again
2. verb be issued or published
   appear.
   
   • Did your latest book appear yet?
   • The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet
3. verb come out of
   emerge; egress; go forth; issue; come forth.
   
   • Water issued from the hole in the wall
   • The words seemed to come out by themselves
4. verb result or end
   turn out.
   
   • How will the game turn out?
5. verb come off
   fall out.
   
   • His hair and teeth fell out
6. verb take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
   place; come in.
   
   • Jerry came in third in the Marathon
7. verb make oneself visible; take action
   step forward; step to the fore; come to the fore; step up; come forward.
   
   • Young people should step to the fore and help their peers
8. verb bulge outward
   bulge; bug out; pop; start; pop out; protrude; bulge out.
   
   • His eyes popped
9. verb to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
   come out of the closet; out.
   
   • This actor outed last year
10. verb be made known; be disclosed or revealed
    out.
    
    • The truth will out
11. verb break out
    push through; erupt; break through.
    
    • The tooth erupted and had to be extracted

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