light out

verb

Definition of light outnext
1
as in to get (away)

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2
as in to set out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for light out
  1. get out
  2. set out
  3. clear out
  4. set off
  5. make off
  6. put out
  7. escape
  8. take off
Verb
  • Speakers urge early votes A series of speakers on stage pushed a message to get out the vote ahead of the midterm elections in November.
    — Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Over the next five years, with the loss of conference championship games, the network would pay for those leagues to get out of marketing agreements, along with the revenue generated from those same conference title weekends.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of get out
Verb
  • Riel Karmy-Jones KC is leading the prosecution and set out the case against Brand.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Vladimir Putin long ago set out to mock the United States for its hypocrisies.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of set out
Verb
  • The turmoil from Moore’s Michigan conduct continues to linger, 10 months later, but the process of clearing out his office in Schembechler Hall went remarkably swift.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • During the day, the rooftop bed lifts up to clear out standing room below.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of clear out
Verb
  • This is adorned with two oval inlaid embroidery inserts accented with rhinestones and set off by a yellow lining, depicting the encounter between a woman seated in profile and a small Cupid.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Dropping two cylinders and losing almost three liters of displacement means there’s no option for shaking a garage on its foundations or setting off car alarms while waiting for a red light.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of set off
Verb
  • Just hours after the Louvre heist last October –– which saw thieves strike during broad daylight and make off with Napoleonic-era treasures –– another French museum was similarly targeted.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
  • At a museum in eastern France, two men disguised with wigs used a sledgehammer and a hammer to smash a display case and make off with a 2,500-year-old gold necklace.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of make off
Verb
  • Gallego, who put out an economic policy plan on Wednesday, said Democrats could pass some of his ideas through reconciliation, such as placing new taxes on data centers and artificial intelligence.
    — Theodoric Meyer, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026
  • In response to the letter, OpenAI sent an internal memo to employees, as well as put out a public statement.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of put out
Verb
  • As the comet rotates, fresh ice enters the sunlight and sublimates; the escaping gas then drags entrained dust particles away from the nucleus.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • In July, two of OpenAI’s models escaped a testing environment and hacked the open-source AI platform Hugging Face.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of escape
Verb
  • Driven by the popularity of quiet luxury in recent years and granny style taking off, this preppy garment has once again carved out a place in our wardrobes.
    — Tatiana Ojea, Glamour, 17 Oct. 2026
  • An airborne quarterback directs the drone According to The War Zone, the F-22 and YFQ-44A took off from Edwards Air Force Base in California and joined up in the air.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of take off
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“Light out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/light%20out. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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