lights-out
noun
1
: a command or signal for putting out lights
2
: a prescribed bedtime for persons living under discipline
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The other new contender is the Colts’ Taylor, who just had one of those lights-out, history-defining kind of games on Sunday.
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Hannah Vanbiber, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
The 2025 World Series gets underway Friday in Toronto, where the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers with their lights-out pitching and a guy named Shohei take on the American League champs Toronto Blue Jays in their first Fall Classic appearance since winning back-to-back titles in 1992-1993.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
By the time lights-out finally comes, the exhausted patient conks out hard.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
The Tigers have been lights-out defensively just about every week.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
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Hannah Vanbiber, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
The 2025 World Series gets underway Friday in Toronto, where the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers with their lights-out pitching and a guy named Shohei take on the American League champs Toronto Blue Jays in their first Fall Classic appearance since winning back-to-back titles in 1992-1993.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
By the time lights-out finally comes, the exhausted patient conks out hard.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
The Tigers have been lights-out defensively just about every week.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Lights-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lights-out. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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