out

/aʊt/

Definition

› to publish the fact that a famous person is gay, especially when that person does not want it to be known: Hardly a week went by without someone famous being outed.Relating to sexual preference

(Definition of out verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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out of your mind idiom
out of your mind/head idiom
out of/from the corner of your eye idiom
out on a limb idiom
out tray noun
out verb
out with it! idiom
out- prefix (AWAY FROM)
out- prefix (FURTHER)
out- prefix (NOT CENTRAL)
out-and-out adjective

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out adverb, preposition (AWAY FROM INSIDE)
out adverb, preposition (OUTSIDE)
out adverb, preposition (ABSENT)
out adverb, preposition (DISAPPEAR)
out adverb, preposition (DEFEATED)
out adverb, preposition (GIVE)

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go out phrasal verb (LEAVE)
go out phrasal verb (RELATIONSHIP)
go out phrasal verb (SEA)
go out phrasal verb (LIGHT/FIRE)
go out phrasal verb (SPORT)
back out phrasal verb

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out and about idiom
out and away idiom
out with it! idiom

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