come out

— Phrasal Verb with come

/kʌm/ verb (past tense came, past participle come)

Definition

BECOME AVAILABLE › If a book, record, film, etc comes out, it becomes available for people to buy or see: When does their new album come out?

SUN › If the sun, the moon, or a star comes out, it appears in the sky.

BECOME KNOWN › to become known: The truth about him will come out in the end.

SOCIAL EVENT UK › to go somewhere with someone for a social event: Would you like to come out for a drink?

RESULT › If you describe how something comes out at the end of a process or activity, you say what it is like: How did your chocolate cake come out?

INFORMATION › If results or information come out, they are given to people: The exam results come out in August.

BE REMOVED › If dirt or a mark comes out of something, it disappears when you clean it: Will this red wine stain come out?

PHOTOGRAPH › If a photograph comes out, the picture can be seen clearly: The photos didn't come out very well.

BE SAID › If something that you say comes out in a particular way, you say it in that way: I wanted to tell her that I loved her, but it came out all wrong.

TELL › to tell people that you are homosexual (= sexually attracted to people of the same sex)

come out against/in favour of sth › to say publicly that you oppose or support something

(Definition of come out from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)