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

Afusia, a 5-foot-11, 265-pound junior lineman, sure looked quick getting out in front of Fields on his long touchdown run.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
All workers got out safely and were accounted for without any injuries, Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell said in a Facebook video.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of get out

Verb

With Alia, her fragrance line, Nafousi set out to create something that could extend beyond her own personal brand.

— Amy Francombe, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2026
However, the Department for Transport set out plans this summer to create a national database of disruptive passengers, which would be co-operatively managed by the government and the airline industry.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of set out

Verb

The rain is expected to clear out Sunday, with temperatures rising to around 72 degrees in Kansas City.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026
Thursday clears out with sun and a high of 72 degrees, but Friday is the real showstopper — temperatures surge to around 75 degrees, nearly 13 degrees above the late-October average and the warmest day of the stretch.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of clear out

Verb

Suspicions of state corruption in infrastructure projects two years ago set off a wave of street protests after a collapsed canopy at a train station in Serbia's north killed 16 people after a renovation.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
Guichard Doré, a former adviser to President Jovenel Moïse, whose assassination in 2021 set off the current gang crisis, said Haitians are reaching a breaking point.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of set off

Verb

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
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

Definition of make off

Verb

None of the people who let me into their homes – who sat with me at their kitchen tables, put out a chair and plate for me at their family dinners, took me to their most personal thoughts, places and financial information – asked for much.

— Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
That year, Mackay said, the company put out a request for proposals through a codename.

— Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of put out

Verb

Anchovy Jack escaped from a San Francisco home just days after being adopted from an East Bay shelter, animal control officers said.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
The winking pup had escaped from his new home in San Francisco days after undergoing surgery — being neutered and having his right eye removed — and his adoption from an East Bay organization.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of escape

Verb

By the time the 1960s women’s movement took off, feminists were disavowing the film, pointing out that all the female characters ever talked about were the men.

— Raymond Ang, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2026
In 2011, Godby took off across the country once more, this time from San Francisco to Bridgeport, Connecticut.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2026

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