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come out1(Of a fact) emerge; become known: it came out that the accused had illegally registered to vote...- Somehow it came out that he was seventy years old, a fact that my father repeated politely for my mother and me.
- Mid-April, it came out that the contract had gone $60 million over an $180 million budget.
- But we all said our piece, and then it just came out that heck, this is business, and we treat all our clients and customers with respect, right?
Synonyms become known, become common knowledge, become apparent, come to light, emerge, transpire; get out, be discovered, be uncovered, be made public, be revealed, be divulged, leak out, be disclosed, be reported, be publicized, be released 1.1Develop or happen as a result: something good can come out of something that went wrong...- We have seen some fantastic results come out of this and now that we have funding for two more years no doubt we will see a lot more.
- It's not as if a good result has come out of nowhere.
- There is, however, one valuable result that might come out of the leadership campaign.
Synonyms end, finish, conclude, terminate, develop, result, work out, turn out informal pan out rare eventuate 1.2(Of a photograph) be produced satisfactorily or in a specified way: I hope my photographs come out all right...- Very rarely does a photograph come out exactly as I viewed it in my mind.
- In the 1950s photographs often didn't come out at all, or were so fuzzy that they were thrown away.
- I tried taking a photograph but it come out as just a white blur in the distance across the usual city-scape.
1.3(Of the result of a calculation or measurement) emerge at a specified figure: rough cider usually comes out at about eight per cent alcohol...- This complex calculation apparently comes out at £3.7b, a whisker under the mid-price for the offer.
- The profit to income percentage comes out at 4.74 per cent.
- They still have five or six million in sterling and US dollars and even divided among twenty robbers that still comes out at a tidy sum.
1.4(Of patience or a similar card game) be played to a finish with all cards dealt with. 2(Of a book or other work) appear; be released or published: lots of interesting books are coming out...- The chain is confidently predicting that the book will smash publishing records when it comes out on July 16.
- When contrarian books come out, newsrooms would do well to have somebody already suited up for quick sleuthing.
- The Review started as a monthly, and now is published daily with an expanded edition that comes out once a week.
Synonyms be published, be issued, be released, be brought out, be produced, be printed, appear, go on sale 3Declare oneself as being for or against something: residents have come out against the proposals...- She comes out against Democrats; you come out against Republicans.
- Now he's come out against the new plan for electing these folks through a complex series of town caucuses and called instead for direct nationwide elections.
- Residents have come out against making any special arrangements for the summer solstice celebrations for fear of attracting more visitors than the village can cope with.
4 [with complement] Achieve a specified placing in an examination or contest: he deservedly came out the winner on points...- This was a very evenly matched contest, and Crookstown came out the winners with the only score of the match.
- Nevertheless these girls put in a great effort and deservedly came out winners on a score of 1 goal and 2 points to 2 points.
- He wrote the commercial tax officers' examination, and came out second in the State.
4.1Acquit oneself in a specified way: surprisingly, it’s Penn who comes out best...- In my unscientific examination Garry came out quite well.
5(Of a stain) be removed or able to be removed.Really, the only reason I went through this to begin with is because I don't want to have to buy a new purse if the stains won't come out....- I have it all gummed up with stain remover right now and before I go to bed, I'm going to pray one more time that the stain will come out.
- I went to the local convenience store and got a bottle with bleach alternative, and all of the stains came out!
6British Go on strike.Workers were not willing to take the risk of coming out on strike without solid union backing....- The union was expecting that between 300 and 400 employees out of the total workforce of 700 would come out on strike today.
- But we don't like it and now we've all come out on strike.
7 informal Openly declare that one is homosexual.Then too, as more and more gays come out and live openly, they become more conveniently available targets for homophobes....- There are more gay and lesbian students coming out, at an earlier age, than ever before.
- The new album has let her express her homosexuality and feelings about coming out, themes she's kept muted until now.
Synonyms declare that one is homosexual, come out of the closet From the phrase come out of the closet (see closet (sense 3 of the noun)) 8British dated (Of a young upper-class woman) make one’s debut in society.Synonyms enter society, be presented, debut, make one's debut in society See parent entry: come |