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come out

(APPEAR) phrasal verb with come
 
 
/kʌm/ verb (came, come)

Definition

B1 When the sun, moon, or stars come out, they appear in the sky: The clouds finally parted and the sun came out.Appearing and disappearing
(Definition of come out (APPEAR) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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