LIGHT OUT Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

light out

verb

Definition of light out

as in to get (away)

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as in to set out

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Verb

But the driver did not comply with officers’ requests to get out of the vehicle.

— Jenny Jarvie Follow, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Regarding the change of his arm angle, how much of it was deliberate versus being a product of mechanics getting out of whack?

— Will Sammon, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of get out

Verb

The plane had set out on a cross-country flight to join the Gaither Homecoming Cruise to Alaska, an event for label Gaither Music, which the group had worked with previously.

— Saleen Martin, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Gibney here has set out to make a movie less about its subject’s history than his future.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of set out

Verb

Government troops patrolled the streets, ambulances rushed to the victims, and residents ventured out assessing damage and clearing out bloodied clothes from the pavement.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Rain clouds clear out on Saturday and Sunday for a sunny weekend forecast.

— Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of clear out

Verb

Then a bad pit stop set off a sequence of events that cost him dearly.

— Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Nationwide, investments in computing power sparked by the new technology of artificial intelligence have set off a commercial land rush, sending property values soaring in unlikely and out-of-the-way places.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of set off

Verb

The suspect in a 2022 homicide believed there was a large amount of currency hidden in a chicken stand on Foothill Boulevard, but killed a man only to make off with a paltry $110, according to police.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
Willis possesses a unique ability to not just manipulate the pocket with his legs but make off-schedule throws, something that has become almost a necessity in today’s NFL.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026

Definition of make off

Verb

For a time, that left the entire part of Folsom south of Highway 50 without any vehicle carrying water to put out a fire.

— James Taylor, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
The Federal Aviation Administration immediately closed down the airport to allow a crew of about 30 to put out the fire.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of put out

Verb

Smith, too, struggled to escape the clutches of a Burnley defence that saw Hjalmar Ekdal replace the tiring Igor midway through the second half.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Thieves broke into a museum devoted to the work of Pierre-Auguste Renoir in the South of France early this morning, making off with four paintings by the French Impressionist before dropping two in the garden in their haste to escape.

— News Desk, Artforum, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of escape

Verb

Only ending the quarterback carousel can really make folks believe the offense is ready to take off.

— Zac Jackson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Baserunning blunders The Marlins have had more runners thrown out on the bases than any other team, including a dumbfounding one Friday when Deyvison De Los Santos inexplicably took off from second on a ground ball hit to shortstop.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2026

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