| 单词 | to come out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come out to come out I. To move or travel out, and related senses. 1. intransitive. To move or travel so as to come from within somewhere, or out of a place, building, room, etc.; to come outdoors.See also to go in and come out at go v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] outgoeOE to come outOE forthcomeOE to go outOE to go outOE ishc1330 to take forth one's way (also journey, road, etc.)a1375 proceedc1380 getc1390 exorta1400 issue?a1400 precedec1425 purgea1430 to come forthc1449 suea1450 ushc1475 to call one's way (also course)1488 to turn outa1500 void1558 redound1565 egress1578 outpacea1596 result1598 pursue1651 out1653 pop1770 to get out1835 progress1851 OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: John xi. 43 Lazare, ueni foras : ðu latzar cymm ut. OE Acct. Voy. Ohthere & Wulfstan in tr. Orosius Hist. (Tiber.) (1980) i. i. 16 Cumað ut samod in Estmere, Ilfing eastan of Estlande, & Wisle suðan of Winodlande. ?a1160 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1140 Þa wenden þe eorles..þat he neure mare sculde cumen ut. a1225 MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 63 Þe saule of him..fereð in to helle mid eche wa, ut ne cumeð he nefre ma. 1422 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 125 (MED) Le preuy in Richard Osberne Rent endited for grete stenche that commyth out in-to the hye way of fylthe. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Num. xx. B And Moses..smote ye rocke..Then came ye water out abundantly. c1580 Merye Hist. Mylner Abyngton (new ed.) sig. B.ij The one clarke stode at the spoute There as the meale shoulde come out. 1611 Bible (King James) Luke xv. 28 Therefore came his father out . View more context for this quotation 1668 F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue II. xix. 171 After he was once in his Chamber of a night, he seldom came out again to watch us. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 161 Go in there a Slave, and come out a Gentleman. 1776 Trial Maha Rajah Nundocomar for Forgery 23/1 Would you not have heard if he had been so ill as not to be able to come out? 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. v. 380 The squire came out to receive us. 1880 Chronicle (Univ. Michigan) 16 Oct. 28/2 Every student in the University is requested and urged to come out and play Rugby from two to four in the afternoon. 1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 13/2 The old man..had come out from behind a row of packing cases. 1954 J. Corbett Temple Tiger 146 Crossing the stream on stepping-stones, and going up a short rise, I came out on an open stretch of ground. 2012 Church Times 31 Aug. 29/5 I came out from a matinée performance into the mêlée of shoppers. 2. intransitive. To come out (in sense 1) for a specified or implied purpose. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > contend in battle or give battle [verb (intransitive)] fightc900 to bid, offer, refuse, accept, take (arch.) battle1297 to do battle1297 to give battle1297 strive13.. battle1330 to instore a battle1382 fettlec1400 pugnec1425 toilc1425 to deliver battle1433 conflict?a1475 bargain1487 mellaya1500 liverc1500 to come out1511 field1535 combat1589 to manage arms1590 sway1590 a1500 Warkworth's Chron. (1839) 14 Kynge Edwarde sent a messyngere to them, that yf thai wulde come oute, that he wulde feght withe them.] 1511 H. Watson tr. Noble Hist. King Ponthus (new ed.) sig. N.vv I shall goo tell the kynge Broadas that crysten men are entred for to robbe this countre, & he shall come out with as many men as he may & shall come rennynge without ony ordynaunce. 1530 Bible (Tyndale) Deut. ii. f. xiiiv Then both Sihon and all his people came out agenst vs vnto batayle at Iahab. 1611 Bible (King James) Judges ix. 29 And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine armie and come out . View more context for this quotation 1683 S. Cradock Hist. Old Test. iv. xcii. 219 Og the King..with his Army came out against us at Edrei. 1739 Universal Hist. IV. ii. xi. 58 Judas..came out against him with his handful of men, and gave him a total defeat. 1742 T. Gray Let. 24 May in Corr. (1971) I. 206 My Lady of Queensbury is come out against my Lady of Marlborough. 1805 Capt. Blackwood in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. 130 (note) At this moment the Enemy are coming out. 1829 W. Scott Tales of Grandfather 3rd Ser. lxxxiv Their simple and ignorant followers, who came out [in 1745] in ignorance of the laws of the civilized part of the nation. 1838 D. Gilbert Parochial Hist. Cornwall IV. 346 The king..at length..provoked him to come out to battle. b. To come (to a specified country, city, etc.) from overseas or a significant distance, esp. as a settler. Cf. to go out 2e at go v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ 1771 H. Bathurst Case Unfortunate M. S. Swordfeager 33 You not only expect, that I should make you large Remittances, but immediately have you come out to India. 1837 Rural Repository (Hudson, N.Y.) 14 Oct. 69/2 Quincy was the first resting-place of the Adams family, as they came out from the Old World. 1897 J. Dodds Rec. Sc. Settlers River Plate Introd. p. viii There is no man living now who came out in 1825 with the Scotch colony. 1939 L. Hughes Let. 3 May in L. Hughes & C. Van Vechten Remember me to Harlem (2001) 148 What you must see if you come out to Chicago is the Amateur Fights at the Savoy on Tuesday nights. 1980 R. Rhodes Last Safari i. ii. 25 She ought to have been as spoiled and selfish or unfinished as the other American girls he'd known who came out to Africa on their own to party. 2014 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 25 July 78 She came out to Australia when she was only three and they settled into Malvern. c. More fully to come out on strike: to leave work as part of a strike; to go on strike. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > participate in labour relations [verb (intransitive)] > strike strike1769 to turn out1795 to strike work, tools1803 stick1823 to come out1841 to go out1850 to down tools1855 to hit the bricks1931 1841 Compositors' Chron. 1 Mar. 49/2 These, with the men who came out on strike from the above and minor offices, left upwards of eighty almost totally unemployed in Dublin. 1889 Daily Tel. 3 Dec. 5/5 He had the promises of 300 to come out ‘in sympathy’ when the time came for quitting work. 1914 ‘Saki’ Beasts & Super-beasts 82 The threat of the Zoological Gardens authorities that if the men ‘came out’ the animals should come out also. 1980 T. Brooke-Taylor et al. I'm Sorry I haven't Clue 37 To British Leyland... When the clock strikes midnight don't come out in sympathy. 2007 Independent 19 Dec. 26/3 They persuaded the so-called show-runners..to come out on strike with the rank and file. 3. intransitive. Of the sun, moon, or stars: to appear in the sky; to emerge from behind a cloud or (occasionally) celestial object. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] > appear or become visible > of a heavenly body emerge1704 to come out1715 1715 E. Halley in Philos. Trans. 1714–16 (Royal Soc.) 29 247 The Sun came out in an Instant with so much Lustre that it suprized the Beholders, and in a Moment restored the Day. 1776 T. Francklin Contract ii. 44 Now do you look like a couple of Dutch bum-boats that had been lost in a fog and fallen foul of one another; when the sun comes out what a foolish figure they both cut! 1832 Ld. Tennyson New Year's Eve iv, in Poems (new ed.) 96 I wish the snow would melt and the sun come out on high. 1883 R. C. Praed Moloch I. i. vii. 132 The stars came out in the blue overhead. 1909 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Avonlea xviii. 205 The rain ceased, the sun came out, and Diana ventured across the puddles of the yard. 1988 L. Maynard Crum xvi. 162 I would be in a hell of a fix if..the moon came out and they saw me. 2013 Daily Tel. 1 Apr. 17/1 We whip off our clothes and dive into the sea the moment the sun comes out. 4. intransitive. Originally U.S. to come out fighting (also swinging): to start (on some activity) in an aggressive, combative, or confrontational manner; to defend oneself or something in a determined way. ΚΠ 1911 Creek Baptist Herald (Muskogee, Okla.) 14 Dec. 1/2 It will be seen that the first issue of the Herald did not come out fighting. 1941 Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Indiana) 23 Apr. 2/8 Attorneys..prepared to abandon sparring tactics and come out swinging for the third round of the legal battle. 1944 Life 26 June 40/3 (caption) Wendell Willkie, who has been politically quiet since he withdrew as a candidate in April, came out fighting on the eve of the Republican Convention. 1996 Northern Colorado Parent Nov. 13/3 Rather than trying to fix blame and coming out swinging, parents should take a ‘Let's see what we can do..’ approach. 2006 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 21 July 16/5 Tourism giant S8 Limited has come out fighting in the face of a major investigation by the Office of Fair Trading. II. To become or to make something widely known, and related senses. 5. intransitive. Of something previously unknown or kept secret: to become widely known; to be revealed or discovered. Also of a playing card: to be played or turned up. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > become exposed to public view [verb (intransitive)] to come outOE society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [verb (intransitive)] > to be played to come outOE OE West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) xxi. 23 Witodlice ðeos spræc com ut [L. exivit] gemang broþrum þæt se leorningcniht ne swylt. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 73 Þe ne dar his sinnes seien þe prest, leste hit uttere cume þat hie tweien witen. ?c1335 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 163 Þis compasment com vte Fram kniȝt to kniȝt abute. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xix. l. 156 Þus cam it out þat cryst ouer-cam rekeuered & lyued..For [þat] þat wommen witeth may nouȝte wel be conseille! ?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Bvi Forthwyth there I had him slayne But that I drde mordre wolde come oute. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxi. 258 Els on the I shal be wrokyn Or thi ded com All outt. 1528 R. Copland tr. Secrete of Secretes of Arystotle sig. I.iiv Thy secrete may come out to thy grete shame and rebuke. 1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 5 Ile vie and reuy euery Card at my pleasure, till eyther yours or mine come out. 1633 P. Massinger New Way to pay Old Debts v. i. sig. L3v All will come out. 1783 Ann. Reg. 1781 Hist. Europe 193*/1 The proceedings of the committee must all come out in the end. 1796 Ld. Nelson Let. 20 Nov. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 304 We have all of us some [damages] when the truth comes out. 1814 C. Jones Hoyle's Games Improved (new ed.) 136 The punter loses half the stake when his card comes out twice in the same coup. 1886 R. C. Praed Miss Jacobsen's Chance I. iv. 68 All this came out incidentally. 1921 S. Ford Inez & Trilby May xvi. 279 Think of the row that will start when it comes out that this is an inside job. 1960 Life 11 July 30 (caption) In the midst of the preconvention politics, one candidate's happy secret came out. Jacqueline Kennedy is expecting in November. 2002 Esquire Apr. 103/2 You can talk trash, you can push the line. But the truth's gonna come out. 6. intransitive. a. to come out with: to present (something) to or before the public; to introduce or make available (an innovation, new product, etc.). Also: to say, utter, articulate (something), often with the implication of unexpectedness or boldness. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publish or spread abroad [verb (transitive)] sowc888 blowc1275 dispeple1297 to do abroadc1300 fame1303 publyc1350 defamea1382 publisha1382 open?1387 proclaima1393 slandera1400 spreada1400 abroachc1400 throwc1400 to give outa1425 promote?a1425 noisec1425 publicc1430 noisec1440 divulgea1464 to put outc1475 skail1487 to come out witha1500 bruit1525 bruita1529 to bear out1530 divulgate1530 promulgate1530 propale?1530 ventilate1530 provulgate1535 sparple1536 sparse1536 promulge1539 disperse1548 publicate1548 forthtell1549 hurly-burly?1550 propagate1554 to set abroada1555 utter1561 to set forth1567 blaze1570 evulgate1570 scatter1576 rear?1577 to carry about1585 pervulgate1586 celebrate?1596 propalate1598 vent1602 evulge1611 to give forth1611 impublic1628 ventilate1637 disseminate1643 expose1644 emit1650 to put about1664 to send abroad1681 to get abroad1688 to take out1697 advertise1710 forward1713 to set abouta1715 circulate1780 broadcast1829 vent1832 vulgate1851 debit1879 float1883 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be or make visible [verb (transitive)] > present or exhibit presenta1398 to come out witha1500 discover1600 yield1622 a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxi. 258 Be it hole worde or brokyn, Com owt with som. 1548 tr. M. Luther Chiefe Articles Christen Faythe sig. O They do not all come out with it so rudely mynglynge their busynes with their prayers by mouthe as the aboue named priest, did yet do they so in their thoughtes. 1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet sig. E2 Pasquil is comming out with the liues of the Saints. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 250 Whereupon one of these plaisants came out with a pretie conceit. 1679 A. Behn Feign'd Curtizans iv. i. 40 Thou dost come out with things so malapropo. 1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph I. 36 To tell you the truth, I did not believe him; for I knew, if it had been so, he would not have come out with it so bluntly. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) vi. 54 Mr. Winkle came out with jokes which are very well known in town. 1898 Bk. Buyer May 333/1 Messrs. Thacker..will come out with a book on sir William Lockhart's ‘Advances through Tirah’. 1940 A. M. Lindbergh Diary 17 June in War within & Without (1980) 111 He..comes out with the most astoundingly unconventional ideas and theories. 1973 Vermont Life Fall 8/2 The chemical industry is periodically coming out with new methods of ‘herding’ spilled oil. 2007 U.S. News & World Rep. 12 Feb. 73/1 Sometimes when a company comes out with a new product, they'll actually tell bloggers ahead of time and use buzz marketing to promote their products. b. colloquial (originally and chiefly North American). to come right out with: to say (something) in a sudden, frank, tactless, or rude manner; to blurt out. Frequently in to come right out with it. Also in to come right out and say (ask, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > without restraint, openly, or recklessly > blurt out braid1562 blurt1573 bolt1577 plump1579 sot1608 to bounce out (with)c1626 flirt1641 blutter1684 to come right out with1861 to give vent1870 blat1879 whip1889 1861 Boston Rev. July 416 If the candidate, when asked to state his belief, does not come right out with clear Scriptural statement, I cannot see what is the use of spending half a day in trying to force it out of him. 1878 H. James Watch & Ward xi. 205 Do you know what he intimated? indeed, he came right out with it. 1928 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 7 Jan. 8/1 Why don't you come right out and say how it happened? 1934 J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra (1935) iv. 99 Well, Kitty, you know how she is. Comes right out with it. 1966 Toronto Daily Star 1 Mar. 39/1 After considerable hinting, she finally came right out and asked for the painting. 1996 M. Cheek Sleeping Beauties iv. 32 You have to come right out with it and say so. 2013 G. Parker Shutout Girl xi. 119 Jed had always been one to come right out with the bald truth. 7. intransitive. To be made available to the public; to be published, issued, or released. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > publishing > be published [verb (intransitive)] to come forthlOE to come out1529 to see the light1535 appear1711 run1831 publish1928 1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys i. f. xixv Then cam sone after out in prynt the dyaloge of frere Roy & frere Hyerome. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie To Rdr. sig. *.5 Sir Thomas Eliots Librarie, which was come out a little before. 1606 Returne from Pernassus i. ii. sig. A4 What new paper hobby horses..are come out in your late May morrice daunce? 1648 Mercurius Psitacus No. 6. 6 There is a book to come out, called the Fooles of Fate, or, the unraveling of the Parliament and Army. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 232. ⁋2 All the Writings and Pamphlets which have come out since the Trial. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1750 I. 113 A few numbers of the Rambler had come out. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 389 The London Gazette came out only on Mondays and Thursdays. 1890 Sat. Rev. 15 Feb. 199/1 The new Russian loan..came out this week. 1952 Rattle of Theta Chi Apr. 10/2 There is another movie coming out, and it is called ‘For Men Only’. 1977 Pop. Sci. June 85/2 The National Academy of Sciences report came out last September. 1987 N.Y. Mag. 25 May 16/2 When CD players first came out, in 1982, they sold for $1,000. 2014 DJ Mag Apr. 75/2 Also coming out as a double-vinyl album release,..‘Body Of One’ could well be their best yet. 8. intransitive. Of a person. ΚΠ 1637 S. Rutherford Let. 1 May in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 361 Eyes to discern the Devil now coming out in his white's. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxvi. 397 When he began to come out in this way. 1844 Fraser's Mag. 30 584/2 I have hoards of gold laid by..and could come out as a Crœsus when I chose. 1872 Pall Mall Budget 27 Dec. 13/1 Baron Pasquier..turned his coat again, and came out in the guise of a Liberal. 1906 Nation 21 June 499/2 He [sc. the President] came out in the rôle not merely of a dictator, but of a hectorer. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performer > appear as performer [verb (intransitive)] > make debut to come out1741 1741 G. Whitefield Let. 24 Aug. in Wks. (1771) I. 317 I proceed now, just as I have done ever since I came out in the ministry. 1756 Spouter i. 20 Do you think I can come out this Season? 1799 J. G. Holman Votary of Wealth i. 13 I came out in Richard the Third. I thought it devilish fine; but the good folks in the front thought otherwise. 1820 Examiner No. 637. 414/2 When she came out in Mandane..she came upon us by surprise. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 171 She studies..as if she were coming out next year in a learned profession. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. vii. li. 42 My husband was a Charisi. When I came out as a singer, we made it Alcharisi. 1903 Playgoer 1 162/2 J. B. Howard..first came out, I believe, at this theatre. c. Esp. of an aristocratic or upper-class young woman: to make a first formal appearance in fashionable society at a ball or similar social occasion. Cf. débutante n. at débutant n. Derivatives. Now historical.In the United Kingdom ‘coming out’ usually involved presentation at court. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > [verb (transitive)] > make a formal entry into society to come out1782 1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. vi. iv. 259 She has seen nothing at all of the world, for she has never been presented yet, so she is not come out, you know: but she's to come out next year. 1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xv. 47 A practical hint afforded by the daughter, as she is ‘coming out’, that it is time for Mamma to think of going in. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxii. 68 These jewels I'm going to give you when you come out. I wore them to my first ball. 1908 Times 14 Dec. 12/3 Many a mother will insist on choosing one of these soft, fluffy materials for her débutante, even if she allow the sister who ‘came out’ a season or two ago to appear in satins. 1967 Life 6 Jan. 69/2 Although some of the girls were having debutante parties of their own, most of them came out at big charity balls. 2015 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 31 May 3 Dame Antonia Fraser..came out as a debutante and fell in love with an earl's son. 9. intransitive. Of speech or sound: to be uttered; to issue (in a specified way). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > be spoken or flow (of words) move1508 to pass the lips (also mouth)1526 come1582 roll1599 distil1610 to come out1653 mouth1762 utter1792 on-flow1863 1653 J. Davies tr. C. Sorel Extravagant Shepherd vi. 143 His words came out with a certain accent, that gave them great weight. 1769 T. Smollett Hist. & Adventures of Atom II. 167 Instead of uttering What he prompted, the sounds came out quite altered in their passage. 1872 Chatterbox 5 Jan. 43/1 I tried to say ‘Amen’ when he had done, but no sound came out. 1955 P. Chayefsky Television Plays 226 Boy, sometimes I wish I was a bachelor. (This last sentence came out a little unpremeditatedly, and both young husbands are embarrassed). 1984 L. Erdrich Love Med. (1989) ii. 55 She kneeled, but her voice box evidently did not work, for her mouth opened, shut, opened, but no sound came out. 2015 J. Niven All Bright Places 144 Finally I say, ‘You can't always believe what you read, sir.’ It comes out snarky. I decide to drop the sarcasm and try again. 10. intransitive. Of a thing or quality: to become evident or apparent; to show itself prominently. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > be disclosed or revealed to come to (also in, on) (the) lightOE sutelea1000 kitheOE unfoldc1350 disclosea1513 burst1542 to break up1584 to take vent1611 vent1622 bleed1645 emerge1664 to get (also have) vent1668 to get or take wind1668 to stand (appear) confessed1708 eclat1736 perspire1748 transpire1748 to come out1751 develop1805 unroll1807 spunk1808 effloresce1834 to come to the front1871 to show up1879 out1894 evolve1920 to come or crawl out of the woodwork1964 1751 R. Hurd Notes in Horace Epistola ad Augustum 46 The conciseness of the expression made it necessary to open the poet's sense at large, which now comes out very good. 1762 Ld. Kames Elements Crit. II. xviii. 307 The sense comes out clearly and distinctly by means of a happy arrangement. 1820 Examiner No. 614. 43/1 They come out upon the eye with a satisfying power. 1890 New Rev. Apr. 290 The same arrogance came out, sometimes with startling distinctness. 1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 50/3 Wise comments passed from lip to lip. Blood would tell! What's bred in the bone would come out in the flesh! 1972 Jet 23 Mar. 60/2 Her keen sense of humor comes out when she observes, ‘There's no way a man could live with a maniac like me at this point.’ 2015 M. Hilger Native Amer. in Movies 27 His intelligence comes out in the way he leads his warriors. ΚΠ 1771 Trial Atticus before Justice Beau 16 If he is come out, and is a New Light, he will by no means answer our purpose. a1856 F. M. Whitcher Widow Bedott Papers (1856) 108 I experienced religion over in Varmount, at one o' brother Armstrong's protracted meetin's... Them special efforts is great things—ever since I come out, I've felt like a new critter. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms iv. 231 A person proposing to join a church is expected first openly to come out, that is to say, to profess his religion. 12. intransitive. With complement. To make a public declaration in support of or against something specified; to declare oneself a supporter of, or act as an advocate for, a particular cause.See also to come out in one's true colours at colour n.1 Phrases 5a. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > state or declare [verb (intransitive)] > one's opinion or position opena1382 to show one's mind1492 to speak one's mindc1500 to speak (also give) one's sense1646 position1647 to declare for1669 explain1709 to come out1836 to go on record1867 society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > reveal one's true character > one's thoughts or feelings to open one's hearta1250 to break one's mind (heart)a1450 to show one's mind1492 to fish out the bottom of a person's stomach1537 to utter (the bottom of) one's stomach1537 to show one's true colours?1551 to come out1836 to open out1855 to come (out) in (also into) the open1861 disembosom1884 unbutton1956 to go public1957 1836 New-Yorker 26 Mar. 9/2 James B. Gardiner..was then a supporter of Mr. Van Buren's claims for the Presidency.—Since that time, he has come out as a partisan of Gen. Harrison. 1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. July 425/2 Why you come out so strong in favour of one cause? 1876 W. Stubbs Early Plantagenets iv. 65 Now he [sc. Becket] comes out as a candidate for martyrdom. 1916 Poultry Item Feb. 7/2 H. P. Schwab,..editor of Everybody's Poultry Magazine, opened its columns to the discussion and came out supporting Mr. Upham. 1926 Amer. Mercury July 261/2 He came out in favor of a bill which would prohibit all public dancing. 1947 S. Lewis Kingsblood Royal xx. 119 I never have thought of coming out as a Negro. Do you despise Negroes that give up the fight and pass? 1968 S. Yurick Bag ix. 390 The hippie community came out against any kind of urban renewal at all. 2011 N. Mehdiyeva Power Games in Caucasus v. 129 In 1994 Azerbaijan came out as a proponent of partitioning the Caspian. 13. intransitive. a. slang. Among homosexual men and women: to become socially or sexually active within homosexual circles; to realize that one is homosexual. Now rare except as passing into sense 13b.Probably influenced by the idea of social debut in sense 8c; cf. the use of coming out in this sense (see coming out n. 2) in the account of a drag ball given in quot. 1931. ΚΠ 1931 Afro-American (Baltimore) 21 Mar. 1/4 The coming out of new debutantes into homo-sexual society was the outstanding feature of Baltimore's eighth annual frolic of the pansies.] 1941 G. Legman in G. W. Henry Sex Variants II. 1161 Come out, to become progressively more and more exclusively homosexual with experience. 1949 ‘Swasarnt Nerf’ in H. Hagius Gay Guides for 1949 (2010) 48 Come out, to be initiated into the mysteries of homosexuality. 1968 Globe Mag. (Toronto) 13 Jan. 6/4 Several I spoke to referred to the difficulties they experienced in ‘coming out’—realizing they were homosexuals. 1972 B. Rodgers Queens' Vernacular 54 Come out, to become aware of one's own homosexuality. ‘Ruth came out when she was thirty-five—that's a long time to wait.’ b. To acknowledge or declare openly that one is homosexual. Also in extended use with reference to other sexual or gender identities. Cf. to come out of the closet at closet n. and adj. Phrases 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > [verb (intransitive)] > acknowledge or declare openly one's sexual orientation to come out of the closet1968 to come out1970 1970 Stanford Daily (Stanford Univ., Calif.) 26 Oct. 2/4 I told my friends and they were glad that I'd come out, and was so much happier. Still I've got the small town syndrome and am still a closet queen to the extent I don't want to include my name here. 1974 Win 3 Oct. 10/2 The conference..was a very special occasion for me. It was the time when I came out as a bisexual. 1983 W. S. Wooden & J. Parker Men Behind Bars (1984) v. 95 Chuckie had his first male sexual experience at eleven and came out as homosexual at seventeen. 1990 Jrnl. Sex Res. 27 137 It is not surprising that non-lesbians were reluctant to come out as heterosexual and bisexual in a community which stressed that ‘any woman can be a lesbian’. 2002 S. Seidman Beyond the Closet 71 It's always hard to come out even though you'd been gay for years. 2006 G. Filax Queer Youth iii. 100 When he came out to his father, his father said that he already knew and that it was fine with him. c. More generally: to acknowledge or declare openly something about oneself or one's identity which has previously been concealed or suppressed. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] cough1393 wrayc1425 to break a secreta1450 to tell allc1450 to bring (also put) to light1526 to let on1725 to open up1884 to come out of the closet1971 to come out1976 1976 V. Russo Advocate 19 May 18/3 We now have ‘closet’ opera fans and people ‘coming out’ as vegetarians. 1981 Off our Backs Nov. 22/3 Coming out as a lesbian made it possible for me to come out as a Jew. 1996 V. Taylor Rock-a-by Baby 141 When women come out as having suffered postpartum illness, they make a clear and visible break with the conventional view of womanhood. 1999 Independent on Sunday 10 Oct. (Review Suppl.) 7 She ‘came out’ on Italian television, and admitted to having been an agent for the KGB. 2012 R. das Nair & S. Fairbank in R. das Nair & C. Butler Intersectionality, Sexuality & Psychol. Therapies 195 There are interesting stories on how people 'come out' as having a mental health problem. III. To reach an expected or specified point or stage. 14. intransitive. To extend outwards in space; to project, protrude.In quot. OE with reference to the charter boundary. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > project or be prominent [verb (intransitive)] tootc897 shootc1000 to come outOE abuta1250 to stand outc1330 steek?c1335 risea1398 jutty14.. proferc1400 strutc1405 to stick upa1500 issuec1515 butt1523 to stick outc1540 jut1565 to run out1565 jet1593 gag1599 poke1599 proke1600 boke1601 prosiliate1601 relish1611 shoulder1611 to stand offa1616 protrude1704 push1710 projecta1712 protend1726 outstand1755 shove1850 outjut1851 extrude1852 bracket1855 to corbel out1861 to set out1892 pier1951 OE Charter: Bp. Wærferð to Æðelred & Æðelflæd (Sawyer 1280) in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 36 Andlang þæs bisceopes dic of þære ea þæt hit cymð west ut on þæt mordic, & swa norð þæt hit cymð ut onefen þæt gelad. ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 272 Woundes of þe haunches..some in þe conteynede partyes and some forsoþe in þe parties þat comen oute. 1565 J. Hall Anat. 2nd. Pt. ii. 63 in tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. In the ende of these muscles, come oute Chordes, whereby the fyngers are moued, & the lower members. 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 277 Panyar Ally..commeth out into the North, ouer against S. Martins Lane. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια ii. viii. 75/3 (caption) Small veines comming out from the veines. 1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 118 Between the Scales on both sides the Knobs come out commonly three or four together. 1715 J. T. Desaguliers tr. N. Gauger Fires Improv'd 23 The other [end] at top..coming out into the Room. 1790 Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 1789 3 Antiquities 36 A flight of stairs coming out like cellar steps from under the third bench. 1809 C. Bell Anat. Human Body III. iv. 131 The tibial verve..gives off a nerve which comes out from the ham, and descends superficially on the back of the leg. 1869 Our Young Folks Jan. 45 Her nose came out so far, and her mouth went in so deep, and her chin stuck up so high, that she looked for all the world like those wooden nut-crackers the Swiss people make. 1902 Ann. Rep. Brit. New Guinea 1900–01 68 We continued on our way down the bank of the river until the track came out opposite a small village on the other bank. 1927 H. T. Lowe-Porter tr. T. Mann Magic Mountain (London ed.) I. ii. 33 About his neck was the broad, starched ruff,..beneath which, for good measure, a fluted jabot came out over the waistcoat. 2005 D. Smith Bliss 22 His belly came out far enough that there wasn't much lap to sit on. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > be at an end [verb (intransitive)] > come to an end, terminate, or expire to run outeOE endOE stintc1275 slakea1300 overpassc1350 determinec1374 overruna1393 dispend1393 failc1399 missa1400 to wear out, forth1412 stanchc1420 to come outa1450 terminea1450 expire?c1450 finish1490 conclude1593 upclose1603 terminate1608 to shut up1609 to wind off1650 stop1733 to fall in1771 close1821 to blaze out1884 outgive1893 to play out1964 a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) l. 1125 Whan the ȝeer his cours haþ ronne ȝerne And is come out, he shal ha repair To Regne in Thebes. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxljv The trewes commeth oute at October nexte. 1568 U. Fulwell Like wil to Like sig. A.iii So soon as my prentishod was once come out. 1581 I. B. Dialogue Vertuous Gentleman & Popish Priest sig. I.viiv But what if you should chaunce to dye (M. Parson) before these yeares come out? 1629 W. Bedell Let. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. cxxxv. 402 His Year came out at Midsummer, and he had till then his Allowance, although he performed not the Duty. 1645 King Charles I Let. 13 Mar. in Kings Cabinet Opened 13 When her Regency comes out (and possibly before) she may have need of her friends. 1724 Magna Britannia III. 264/2 This Bishop Reynolds..considering when the Lease came out, took Care to augment the Vicarage with a yearly Payment of 20l. to the Vicar for ever. 16. intransitive. a. Esp. of a plant, leaves, or flowers: to develop so as to become visible; to emerge visibly. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] > appear or become visible ariseOE to come in (also to, on, etc.) placec1225 'peara1382 appear1382 kithea1400 to show out?a1425 muster?1435 to come forthc1449 to look outa1470 apparish1483 to show forth1487 come1531 to come out?1548 peer1568 to look through1573 glimpse1596 loom1605 rise1615 emicate1657 emike1657 present1664 opena1691 emerge1700 dawn1744 to come down the pike1812 to open out1813 to crop out1849 unmask1858 to come through1868 to show up1879 to come (etc.) out of thin air1932 surface1961 ?1548 tr. P. Viret Verie Familiare Expos. Art. Christian Faieth sig. Hviiv The wheate whych is sowen in the earth dieth in the same, & doth sprout sprynge and take roote, and after cometh out groweth and bringeth forth good fruite. 1569 T. Newton tr. Cicero Worthye Bk. Olde Age f. 38 In the beginning of the Springe tyme, ther commeth oute a younge bourgen or budde in those twigges that remayned after the pruning. 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxix. 242 His heade when it commeth first out, hath a russet pyll vpon it. 1649 S. Winter & F. Dickinson Pretious Treasury i. 11 Take the red Oake buds when they come out first, distill them. 1766 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 449/2 The weather being fine and clear, the flowers came out very regularly. 1773 W. Hanbury Compl. Body Planting & Gardening I. 526/2 The flowers come out in ramose, erect panicles, from the tops of the stalks. 1845 J. T. Marshall Farmer's & Emigrant's Hand-bk. iv. 55 In the spring of the year, when the leaves are just coming out, the bark peels off easily. 1856 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) I. 368/2 Under this process, the colours come out in the greatest brilliancy. 1917 T. D. Murphy Oregon the Picturesque iv. 90 Dashes of bright color—brilliant yellows and reds—came out in the glowing sunlight. 1986 New Scientist 19 June 104/2 We all know that when we were younger, spring weather was milder, kinder, and the May blossom came out on time. 2013 Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard 8 Mar. 17/5 It was my mother who told me it was a Christmas rose when I was a child. Maybe it came out earlier in those days. b. Esp. of a rash: to develop or break out on a person's skin. Later also of a person or part of the body, chiefly with in: to break out in a rash or similar skin eruption. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > eruption > erupt [verb (intransitive)] to break out1535 burst1552 to break up1561 to come out1565 erump1657 1565 J. Hall Expositiue Table 40 in tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. Formica..is a pustule, that commeth out, and causeth a pure aposteme. 1653 Mercurius Democritus No. 74. 592 The other day a pimple or Tavern Token coming out on his Brows he swore it was a Horne. 1675 W. Wycherley Country-wife ii. 24 My Wife has just now the Small Pox come out upon her. 1724 London Gaz. No. 6306/2 The Small Pox are come out very violently on the Queen. 1767 W. Bromfield Thoughts Small-pox iv. 21 The small-pox would then come out in clumps, as he termed the next appearance of the pimples, not distinct universally, but in plotches. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 22 Some strange eruption which had come out in the night. 1867 Juvenile Messenger Oct. 160/2 My face came out in a sort of rash. 1917 Review (Chicago) Jan. 28 Whenever a pimple came out on their honest epidermis..they would rush in droves to the doctors. 1932 D. L. Sayers Have his Carcase vii. 89 If I shave the beard I come out all over buttons. 2014 Daily Tel. 14 Oct. 10/4 I remember coming out in hives afterwards, literally full-body hives. c. Of a photograph or photographic effect: to be developed or produced satisfactorily, or in a specified way.Later passing into sense 20a when not referring to the development of photographs by a chemical process. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > be developed [verb (intransitive)] develop1848 to come out1853 1853 Jrnl. Photogr. Soc. 21 Oct. 124/1 I immediately added a few drops of nitric acid to my silver bath, and satisfied myself, by making positive proofs, that the images came out very firm. 1867 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 22 Nov. 559/2 He found, on development, that the second subject came out without showing any trace of the first. 1901 Musical Times 1 Feb. 99 How very well the photograph has come out. 1941 E. Bowen Look at all those Roses 53 Do you think that photo will ever come out? 1998 Coin News May 49/2 There is a holographic metal strip with the repeated inscription 200 LTL which comes out as a black bar when photocopied. 2015 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 24 Mar. 24 The photos came out beautifully. 17. intransitive. Of dirt, a stain, dye, etc.: to disappear or fade as a result of washing, cleaning, etc.; to be leached or washed out.Cf. to come out in the wash at wash n. 2d. ΚΠ 1562 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli 3rd Pt. Secretes Alexis of Piemont ii. f. 59v Washe out the odure with cleane water, and wring the cloth to make the grease or filth come out [Fr. sortir] the better. 1579 J. Brooke tr. P. Viret Christian Disputations i. f. 31v If ther be any spot or staine that will not easely come out, we wash them with water. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Spot Rub one part of the Cloth or Stuff against another, and the Spots will come out. 1808 D. MacDonald New London Family Cook 516 Dip the linen in boiling water or milk, and soak it some hours. Then let it lie in the air till the stain comes out. 1869 E. Perring Blanche & Agnes viii. 29 Agnes, with the nail-brush and plenty of soap, was brushing away at the part affected; but, alas! with the dirt the colour came out also. 1920 Amer. Woman Aug. 10/1 A neighbor told me to dip the stain in melted tallow, then wash the cover in the regular way, in warm water and with a little good soap. I did so, and every bit of the ink came out. 2010 L. Christopher Flyaway (2011) lxviii. 304 Some of the mud comes out right away and makes the water brown. 18. intransitive. With complement. To appear or be found to be that which is specified by the complement as the result of investigation, calculation, or measurement. Also in to come out at: to amount to, to be calculated at. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)] > emerge or come out > as result of investigation, etc. to come out1598 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 159 Of this 4000 pases superficiall take the quadrat roote, which commeth out to be 63 pases square, little more. 1676 E. Stillingfleet Def. Disc. Idolatry i. ii. 257 It is indeed come out at last, that we are to look on the Saints as inferior Deities. 1727 J. Arbuthnot Tables Anc. Coins 15 The weight of the Denarius, or the seventh part of a Roman Ounce, comes out 624/ 7 grains. 1781 Philos. Trans. 1780 (Royal Soc.) 70 515 The perpendicular height [of the mountain] comes out less than half a mile. 1814 J. Playfair Outl. Nat. Philos. II. i. i. 21 If tan Long. come out negative, the longitude is greater than a semicircle. 1890 Bedford Directory 1 The death rate came out at a little under 13·28. 1903 Steamship Apr. 362/1 The results of the test came out just about what the chief engineer had estimated. 1911 Queen 4 Nov. (Suppl.) 14/3 A three-quarter length [coat] comes out at only 5 guineas. 2008 D. Kamp in G. Cater Vanity Fair's Tales of Hollywood 129 Cleopatra's adjusted-for budget comes out at $231 million. 19. intransitive. With complement. To emerge in a specified manner from a contest, competition, comparison, etc.; to acquit oneself in a specified way. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)] > emerge or come out to come off1590 to come out1823 to run out1869 1823 E. Sampson Brief Remarker on Ways of Man (new ed.) xi. 43 One, notorious for stratagem in his secular concerns,..seldom comes out well at last, either as to character or property. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 92 ‘How did you come out?’ means, how did you fare in your undertaking? 1868 ‘H. Lee’ Basil Godfrey's Caprice xxxiv. 186 He will come out a double-first. 1905 Sporting Life (Philadelphia) 20 May 6/2 This was a pitchers' duel in which Joss came out ahead owing to superior support. 1959 Boys' Life Jan. 26/3 The team that gets the majority of rebounds comes out the winner. 2006 Daily Tel. 7 Dec. (Business section) 3/5 If you compare the UK's performance with other members of the Anglo-sphere it does not come out especially well. 20. intransitive. a. With complement. To have a specified result or outcome; to turn out in a specified way. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)] > turn out > in a specific manner gangOE provec1300 goc1425 comea1527 succeed1533 sort1592 to come out1842 issue1855 1842 Godey's Lady's Bk. Nov. 207/1 She must..trust to Providence that it would come out all right in the end. 1868 Merry's Museum Apr. 137 Frank, dear Frank, everything comes out just like a well-written story-book! 1883 W. Black Yolande I. xviii. 355 I think it will come out all right. 1927 Jeweler's Circular 20 Apr. 103/2 The job came out nicely, netting me some six dollars. 1990 L. C. Stevenson Happily after All 247 You mean people have been wrong all these years, making up stories that came out okay at the end? 1999 A. Hadley Tough Choices 60 I had a pregnancy test at Brook. It came out positive. I was eight weeks already. 2014 C. Morley Crawling Out 63 Six months later, I opened my salon across town. It came out beautifully. b. Cards. Without complement. Of patience or a similar game: to end with all the cards having been played in the desired arrangement. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > patience or solitaire > [verb (intransitive)] > be solved to come out1909 1886 C. Bell tr. L. Tolstoy War & Peace II. xx. 266 The patience came out right.] 1909 H. G. Wells Ann Veronica xv. 320 ‘I believe after all it's coming out!’ said Miss Stanley. ‘The aces made it easy.’ 1953 A. Christie Pocket Full of Rye xviii. 123 ‘Just wait a minute,’ said Miss Ramsbottom. ‘This Patience is going to come out.’ 2000 A. Bell tr. H. M. Enzensberger Lost in Time 47 He couldn't resist picking up the correct card and playing it. The solitaire came out. < as lemmas |
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