out
adverb, preposition (MADE PUBLIC) /aʊt/Definition
› (of information) no longer kept secret: You can't hide your gambling any longer - the secret's out.Revealing secrets and becoming known › If a gay person comes out, they tell people that they are gay, and do not keep it a secret: She came out three years ago. He hasn't come out to his family yet.Relating to sexual preference
(Definition of out adverbpreposition (MADE PUBLIC) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
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Synonyms and related words:
- (the) word is/gets out idiom
- blow the whistle on sb/sth idiom
- blow/take the lid off sth idiom
- break verb (BECOME KNOWN)
- confide verb
- emerge verb (BECOME KNOWN)
- expose verb (MAKE PUBLIC)
- King's evidence noun
- leak noun (INFORMATION)
- leak verb (INFORMATION)
- let sb in on a secret idiom
- open sb's eyes idiom
- open sth up phrasal verb (SHOW)
- rat on sb/sth phrasal verb
- sneak verb (TELL SECRETLY)
- squeal verb
- state's evidence noun
- telltale adjective
- turn out phrasal verb (HAPPEN)
- turn the spotlight on sth idiom
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