on the/someone's/something's way out

: some person : somebody

: some indeterminate or unspecified thing

: some indeterminate amount more than a specified number

: a person or thing of consequence

: in some degree : somewhat

used as an intensive giving adverbial force to an adjective

: a thoroughfare for travel or transportation from place to place

: an opening for passage

: the course traveled from one place to another : route

: of, connected with, or constituting an intermediate point on a route

: by a long distance : to a considerable degree or extent : far

: by far : much

: very

: in a direction away from the inside or center

: outside

: from among others

: eject, oust

: to identify publicly as being such secretly

: to become publicly known

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

: in a manner that exceeds or surpasses and sometimes overpowers or defeats