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come out
[+ adv/prep or adjective] (RESULT) — phrasal verb with come /kʌm/ verb (came, come)Definition
› If you describe how something or someone comes out at the end of a process or activity, you say what condition they are in or what they have achieved: She came out of the divorce settlement a rich woman. These figures have come out wrong! I don't understand it. Your painting has come out really well. He hasn't exactly come out of the scandal with his reputation enhanced.Coming to an endCausing something to end
(Definition of come out (RESULT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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come out phrasal verb (BE SAID)
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come out phrasal verb (BECOME KNOWN)
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come out phrasal verb (OPEN)
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come out phrasal verb (PHOTO)
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Synonyms and related words:
- come off phrasal verb 2
- come off sth phrasal verb (COMPLETE)
- come to a full stop idiom
- come to a head idiom
- come to sth phrasal verb (REACH)
- come to the end of the road idiom
- dry up phrasal verb (END)
- emergence noun (APPEARING)
- expire verb (END)
- finality noun
- finish up phrasal verb
- fizzle out phrasal verb
- fizzle verb
- go out (of) the window idiom
- land up phrasal verb
- peter out phrasal verb
- play itself out phrasal verb
- run its course idiom
- run out phrasal verb
- taper off phrasal verb
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