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Phrase(s): come out (in blossom)
Go to out (in blossom)., Phrase(s): come out
1. Lit. to exit; to leave the inside of a place. • Please come out. We have to leave. • When do you think they will all come out? 2. Fig. to result; to succeed; to happen. • I hope everything comes out fine. • It will come out okay. Don’t worry. 3. Fig. to come before the public; [for a book] to be published; [for a report] to be made public. • A new magazine has just come out. • When will your next book come out? 4. Fig. to become visible or evident. • His pride came out in his refusal to accept help. • The real reason finally came out, and it was not flattering. 5. Fig. [for a young woman] to make a social debut. (Now only done in certain U.S. regions.) • Does your daughter plan to come out this year? 6. Fig. to reveal one’s homosexuality. (See also out of the closet.) • Herbie finally came out when he was forty-five., Phrase(s): come out (of something) 1. [and] come out from something
Lit. to exit from something. • When will they come out of that meeting? • The people came out from the houses and celebrated. 2. Fig. to result from something. • Nothing at all came out of our discussions., Phrase(s): come out (of someone or something)
to emerge from someone or something. • Did that pile of books really come out of just one office? • The lion came out of its den., Phrase(s): come out (in bloom)
Go to out (in blossom).
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Become known, be discovered, as in The whole story came out at the trial. [c. 1200] 2. Be issued or brought out, as in My new book is coming out this month. [Late 1500s] 3. Make a formal debut in society or on the stage, as in In New York, debutantes come out in winter. [Late 1700s] 4. End up, result, as in Everything came out wrong. [Mid-1800s] Also see COME OUT AHEAD. 5. come out for or against. Declare oneself publicly in favor of or opposed to someone or something, as in The governor came out for a tax cut, or Many senators came out against the bill. [Late 1800s] 6. Also, come out of the closet. Reveal that one is homosexual, as in The military has specific policies regarding soldiers who come out of the closet while enlisted. [Mid-1900s] Also see the subsequent entries beginning with COME OUT.
American Heritage Idioms