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come out

(BECOME KNOWN)

Definition

to become known or be made public: When the facts came out, there was public outrage. A person who comes out tells something personal that has been kept secret. When a book, magazine, or newspaper comes out, it begins to be sold to the public: Her latest book is coming out in July.
(Definition of come out (BECOME KNOWN) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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