come outverb/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/

• 1

  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, out.

  • The mouse came out of the hole.
  • “It was nice that your dad let you come out with us,” I said as we walked through the woods, kicking up cornflakey bundles of leaves with every step.
• 2

  To be discovered; to be revealed.

  • It finally came out that he had been lying all the time.
  • Her lies will eventually come out.
• 3

  To be published or released; to be issued; to be broadcast for the first time.

  • My new book comes out next week.
  • Her interview comes out in the next edition of the newspaper.
• 4

  datedhistoricalTo make a formal debut in society.

  • My daughter comes out in the spring.
  • "You would not trouble it much, child," returned Lady Anne, pettishly; "you know you are the plain one of the family. I do not know what I shall do with you when you come out; you will have no beauty but that of youth."
• 5

  To end up or result; to turn out to be.

  • There were a lot of problems at the start, but it all came out well in the end.
  • The photos came out fine.
• 6

  ball-gamescricketgamesTo walk onto the field at the beginning of an innings.

• 7

  informalTo come out of the closet.

  • He came out to his parents as gay last week.
  • I had not come out yet and he was out but wasn't; quite ungay, I would say, and yet gay.
• 8

  To originate in; to derive from; to be taken from out of or to have arrived from.

  • That comes out of my paycheck.
  • He's the best player to come out of Ohio.