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1. Away from home
   "they went out last night"
    
2. Moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden
   "the cat came out from under the bed"
    
3. From one's possession
   "he gave out money to the poor";
   - away

1. (baseball) not allowed to continue to bat or run
   "he was tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out"
    
2. Not lit, or having grown cold
   "the fire is out";
   - extinct
    
3. Not worth considering as a possibility
   "a picnic is out because of the weather"
    
4. Not holding power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election
   "now the Democrats are out"
    
5. Excluded from use or mention
   "in our house dancing and playing cards were out";
   - forbidden, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten
    
6. Directed outward or serving to direct something outward
   "the out doorway"; "the out basket"
    
7. No longer fashionable
   "that style is out these days"
    
8. Outside or external
   "the out surface of a ship's hull"
    
9. Outer or outlying
   "the out islands"
    
10. Knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
    - knocked out, kayoed, KO'd, stunned
     
11. Publicly available
    "his new album is now out"

1. (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
   "you only get 3 outs per inning"

1. To state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
   "This actor outed last year";
   - come out of the closet, come out
    
2. Reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle
   "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent"
    
3. Be made known; be disclosed or revealed
   "The truth will out";
   - come out

1. Surpassing, exceeding
    
2. External, outside

Derived forms: outs, outing, outed

See also: daggy [Austral, NZ, informal], dead, down, exterior, impermissible, impossible, outer, outgoing, unconscious, unfashionable, unstylish, unsuccessful

Type of: break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, failure, give away, lay bare, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap

Antonym: safe

Encyclopedia: Out, Out—