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on the (or one's) way out1In the process of leaving: he paused on his way out of the room she picked up her bag on the way out to the car...- The rest of you, just keep packing these bags, and we can throw them in the cars on our way out.
- A minute later I had found my bags and the four of us were on our way out to Jay's car.
- I usually have a big duffle bag that I pack with food on my way out.
1.1 informal Going out of fashion or favour: is the royal family on the way out? Mark knew that he would never be promoted and concluded he must be on his way out...- ‘It is easy to fetishize things that we imagine are on their way out,’ suggests Cristina Nehring in an essay this past June in the New York Times.
- But as the presidential elections proved, the parliamentary elections will also prove that they are defeated, that they are on their way out.
- Along with this, many other native games are also on their way out.
1.2 informal Dying.This is major evidence that we are all on our way out....- She was full of praise for him, saying: ‘I should have died that night and was on my way out.’
- Nicholas had a tremendous will to live; he rallied on several occasions when everyone thought he was definitely on his way out.
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