on the/someone's/something's way out
idiom
1
: leaving a place or position
Would you mind closing the door on your way out?
There are rumors that the superintendent of schools is on the way out.
2
: becoming no longer popular
He incorrectly predicted that the Internet would be on its way out within three years.
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Leaving with two friends for Yosemite National Park on Friday to climb 8,846-foot Half Dome on Sunday, Kim Withrow of San Jose was more worried about the roads on the trip home than on the way out.
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Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 23 May 2025
Then, after an agonizing review, involving super-slow-motion replays and the analysis of multiple camera angles, the refs determined, more than two minutes later, that the ball had brushed a Tech player’s pinkie on the way out.
—Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
The talks have been shrouded in secrecy, and neither side made comments to reporters on the way out.
—Arkansas Online, 11 May 2025
The talks have been shrouded in secrecy and neither side made comments to reporters on the way out.
—Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
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Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 23 May 2025
Then, after an agonizing review, involving super-slow-motion replays and the analysis of multiple camera angles, the refs determined, more than two minutes later, that the ball had brushed a Tech player’s pinkie on the way out.
—Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
The talks have been shrouded in secrecy, and neither side made comments to reporters on the way out.
—Arkansas Online, 11 May 2025
The talks have been shrouded in secrecy and neither side made comments to reporters on the way out.
—Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
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“On the/someone's/something's way out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%2Fsomeone%27s%2Fsomething%27s%20way%20out. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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