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

Also in 2025, Chanel published its first Climate Transition Plan, which set out priority actions for achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 and building long-term operational and supply chain resilience to climate risks.

— Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
Before setting out, Rivera worked as a dishwasher in New York.

— James Taylor, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of set out

Verb

Though afternoon highs and overnight lows remain about 10 degrees cooler for the rest of the week, the rain is expected to clear out by Friday night.

— Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 20 Oct. 2026
The family could have cleared out a decaying bungalow and built something simpler in its place.

— Nuriyah Johar, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of clear out

Verb

Authorities said in July that income and gains from overseas trusts owned by Chinese tax residents would be taxed at 20%, setting off a scramble for cash and alternative structures.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
As Prue and Curtis struggle to unravel the twisty lore of the obstacle-laden forest in their search for Mac, their outsider presence inadvertently sets off a long-festering showdown for control of the forest between its warring factions.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 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

At 50% brightness, the ROG Strix Scar 18 (2026) put out 186 nits, earning it a distant second place after the MSI Raider HX AI at 323 nits.

— Marshall Honorof, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
Vague assurances In announcing the ban, Mayor Mamdani said any effort to wind down the industry should include steps to find jobs and economic security for those who the ban would put out of work.

— Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of put out

Verb

For all its tests, the company builds realistic simulated environments, red teams these environments itself and with third parties to see whether they can be escaped, and monitors what agents do.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Most of the work of recovery is about treating whatever is causing people to escape their lives into endless scrolling and stimulation, Kardaras says.

— Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 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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