come out of
Definition of come out of
1 : to result from (something) It's hard to see how anything good can come out of this.
2 : to go through the experience of (something) I was lucky to come out of the accident alive.
3 : to emerge from (somewhere or something) She was waiting for him to come out of the house.
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: to move toward something : approach
: to move or journey to a vicinity with a specified purpose
: to reach a particular station in a series
: in a direction away from the inside or center
: outside
: from among others
: eject, oust
: to identify publicly as being such secretly
: to identify as being a closet homosexual
: used as a function word to indicate an outward movement
: situated outside : external
: out-of-bounds
: situated at a distance : outlying
: outside
: one who is out of office or power or on the outside
: an act or instance of putting a player out or of being put out in baseball
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