passing-outnoun [ S ]
uk/ˌpɑː.sɪŋˈaʊt/us/ˌpæs.ɪŋˈaʊt/UKthe act of leaving a military college after successfully finishing the course:
His parents attended the passing-out ceremony.
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Military training & ceremonies
- assault course
- attention
- civil defence
- drill
- ease
- fall
- fall in
- fatigue
- garrison
- manoeuvre
- national service
- pass
- pass out
- recon
- reconnaissance
- review
- route march
- salute
- take the salute idiom
- troop
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