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lights out

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present tense third-person singular of light out

Synonyms & Antonyms of lights out

1 as in gets out, gets (away)

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for lights out

absconds,
clears out,
decamps,
elopes,
escapes,
gets (away),
gets out,
lams,
makes off,
mizzles
[chiefly British],
scarpers
[British],
scats,
scrams,
skips (out),
skirrs

bolts,
breaks,
bugs out,
flees,
flies,
hightails (it),
retreats,
runs,
runs away,
runs off,
skedaddles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for lights out

beards,
braves,
confronts,
dares,
defies,
faces

abides,
dwells,
hangs around,
lingers,
remains,
stays,
sticks around,
tarries

2 as in takes off, puts out

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for lights out

beelines,
puts,
puts out,
sets off,
sets out,
strikes,
takes off

aims,
bends,
directs,
points,
turns

faces,
orients,
steers

bears,
heads,
makes

about-faces,
backs,
comes about,
comes round,
cuts,
inclines,
puts about,
reverses,
swerves,
tacks,
turns back,
veers,
wheels,
yaws

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Thesaurus Entries Near lights out

lights (on or upon)

lights out

lights (up)

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“Lights out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lights%20out. Accessed 20 May. 2022.

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