come out

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came out; come out; coming out; comes out

Definition of come out

intransitive verb

1a : to come into public view : make a public appearance a new magazine has come out

b : to become evident his pride came out in his refusal to accept help

2 : to declare oneself especially in public utterance came out in favor of the proposal

3 : to turn out in an outcome : end up everything came out all right

4 : to make a debut

5a : to openly declare one's sexual orientation or gender identity came out as bisexual decided to come out to her family

b : to openly declare something about oneself previously kept hidden —often used with as blew his cover and came out as a CIA agent— William Prochnau

come out with

1 : to give expression to came out with a new proposal

2 : publish

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Examples of come out in a Sentence

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