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come out

Dictionary definition · come out

verb

  1. appear or become visible; make a showing"She turned up at the funeral"
  2. be issued or published"Did your latest book appear yet?"
  3. come out of"Water issued from the hole in the wall"
  4. result or end"How will the game turn out?"
  5. drop out"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"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).