LIGHTED 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

Police said information, including surveillance video, indicated that the woman got out of the car and ran inside a convenience store for help.

— Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
This isn't a speaker for playing sensible background music at a dinner party; it's meant for a raging house party that could get out of control.

— Christian de Looper, PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of get out

Verb

The spinoff revolves around best friends Skye, Everest, and Liberty who set out to rescue animals in need.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026
The two-and-a-half-year period is longer than a one-year refund period set out in IURC rules, OUCC Director of External Affairs Olivia Rivera said in an email.

— Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of set out

Verb

Counties' use of data from credit-reporting company Experian to clear out voter rolls—authorized by Mississippi's Secretary of State Office—has come under scrutiny as officials process thousands of affidavit ballots.

— Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026
In a final blow, the newspaper was ordered to clear out its Moscow offices.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of clear out

Verb

The verdict came just three days after regulators seized Ueno Bank, cutting nearly 3 million customers off from their savings and bank cards and setting off a political crisis.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026
For Republicans, the defeat set off something close to an existential crisis, and debate over how to regroup.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of set off

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That allowed the Dolphins to limit Maye’s ability to not just make off-schedule throws but really throw the ball downfield at a high clip during the first two quarters.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
The collectors who owned them had spent months and thousands of dollars in fees proving what the cards were worth—all for thieves to take two pallets of the cards and make off with the rare collectors’ items.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of make off

Verb

Police said he is wanted on a felony arrest warrant charging him with resisting police, disarming a police officer, escape from custody, and operating a vehicle as a habitual traffic violator.

— Todd Feurer, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
Anticipating the backlash, Franklyn had already booked an island getaway to escape the noise.

— Anna Tingley, Variety, 10 Nov. 2026

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