come out

verb

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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 asblew 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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Recent Examples on the Web Please, please, please let this come out this year. — Angela Watercutter, Wired, "These Are the 17 Must-Watch TV Shows of 2021," 6 Jan. 2021 Medical students matriculate early and health-care workers come out of retirement to fill staffing gaps. — Washington Post, "2020: The year of the virus," 31 Dec. 2020 Eads noted that much of the flowers and plants for the floats come out of South America, and need to be ordered at least six months in advance. — Michael Schneider, chicagotribune.com, "How the Rose Parade will look different (and not be a parade) on New Year’s Day 2021," 31 Dec. 2020 That’s a way of seeing action come out of your anger, says Dr. Buquè. — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, "2020 Gave Us One Thing Worth Keeping: Anger," 31 Dec. 2020 The man, who is the father of two of the woman’s three children, wanted his son to come out to his car. — cleveland, "Amazon truck stolen while driver on porch dropping off package: Cleveland Heights police," 18 Dec. 2020 Becker, on Thursday, declined to give details on the two charges against Kolodziej, and said information on future court dates in Isabella County would come out at a later time. — Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, "Ex-Michigan prosecutor Brian Kolodziej to face charges of misconduct in office," 17 Dec. 2020 Also in 2017, the company said a new version of its first vehicle, the Roadster, would come out in 2020. — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, "Tesla Cybertruck Hot Wheels toy ships late—just like real Tesla cars," 17 Dec. 2020 And more news about the armed men in the Hummer from Virginia had come out: One of them was a founder of a group called Vets for Trump. — New York Times, "He Wanted to Count Every Vote in Philadelphia. His Party Had Other Ideas.," 16 Dec. 2020

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