come out

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