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- verb To be
discovered , berevealed . - verb To be
published , beissued . - verb To make a formal
debut insociety . - verb To
end up orresult . - verb cricket, of a batsman To walk onto the field at the beginning of an
innings . - verb idiomatic, informal To
come out of the closet . - verb To be
deducted from. - verb To
leave out of,exit from.
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- verb take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
- verb come out of
- verb bulge outward
- verb be made known; be disclosed or revealed
- verb come off
- verb to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
- verb result or end
- verb break out
- verb make oneself visible; take action
- verb be issued or published
- verb appear or become visible; make a showing
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Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
intransitive verb
Date: 13th century
1 a: to come into public view : make a public appearance b: to become evident
2: to declare oneself especially in public utterance
3: to turn out in an outcome : end up
4: to make a debut
5 a: to openly declare one's homosexuality b: to openly declare something about oneself previously kept hidden —often used with as
— com·ing–out \ˌkə-miŋ-ˈau̇t\ noun or adjective
— come out with
1: to give expression to
2: publish
February 6, 2008