In our case, a cross-section of writers and editors—male and female, gay and straight—agreed that it would be inappropriate to "out" this Pentagon official. Richard Goldstein
Adverb He went out to the garden. He looked out at the snow. She poured the tea out. The girl stuck her tongue out. His shirttail was hanging out. I heard a noise in the bushes and out jumped a cat! He waited out in the hall. I cleaned my car inside and out. A car pulled up and two men got out. He grabbed his coat and out he went. Verb a gay actor who was outed in a magazine article He is threatening to out other players who have used steroids. Adjective he's out to get even with the guy who beat him last time around half the staff is out with the flu Noun The play resulted in an out. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, he hit a home run to win the game. He changed the wording of the contract to give himself an out. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Adverb
Now Steffen is out and Turner has played just once since moving from the New England Revolution to Arsenal in June. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2022 Currently out are Lockland, New Miami and Riverview East. Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 20 Sep. 2022 The official census numbers are out, and in 2021 the poverty rate among children under 18 was 15.3%. Phil Gramm And John Early, WSJ, 20 Sep. 2022 Guillory's latest romance novel, Drunk On Love, is out today. Jamie Kravitz, Woman's Day, 20 Sep. 2022 More Resilient Than Before, is out in September from Wharton School Press. Erika James, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2022 As of Tuesday afternoon, electricity is still out for 80% of the island’s nearly 1.5 million customers, and 55% of households have no running water, according to the Puerto Rico Emergency Portal System.Time, 20 Sep. 2022 The Hurricanes’ leading pass-catcher, Xavier Restrepo, will be out at least six weeks due to a foot injury. Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2022 Trey Lance is out, but the 49ers had an insurance policy at quarterback in Jimmy Garoppolo. Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 19 Sep. 2022
Verb
Under the new policy, the state will require trans and nonbinary students to out themselves to their parents to obtain permission to be called by their name, pronouns, or use the correct bathroom. Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 20 Sep. 2022 Additionally, students whose gender presentation doesn’t match their name or ID may not want to out themselves to strangers, especially in their local community. Raye Maguire, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022 CNN)An Australian newspaper columnist has apologized for a story that appeared to accuse actor Rebel Wilson of spoiling his attempts to out her as gay. Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 13 June 2022 Garfield and Horowitz dissected a number of dramatic moments from the film as well as several potential leaks — including a DoorDash delivery guy’s attempts to out him while filming in Atlanta. Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2022 Van den Bergh knew the Franks personally or meant to out them in particular. Adela Suliman, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Jan. 2022 What wasn’t so obvious was that Brendan and Pieper would out themselves as scheming clout-chasers, who bond over watching their Instagram follower counts increase. Lia Beck, refinery29.com, 7 Sep. 2021 People cursing him and trying to out him on social media are worse than the fan. Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2021 No single player can purely out-skill their opponents without leaving opportunities for counter-play. Tyler Colp, Wired, 29 May 2021
Preposition
This is not the first time the White House's Twitter account has called out Republicans. Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Sep. 2022 She has been called out recently for excessive water use during the California drought and for using a private plane. Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2022 Miles played at the beginning of the season when Freemantle was out with a foot injury.The Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2022 Thin influencers are also now more wary of being called out for fatphobia, so the language has changed to include medical lingo that can justify their cause. Laura Pitcher, Allure, 22 Sep. 2022 After Elordi claimed to have never seen their movie, The Kissing Booth 2, during an interview, King playfully called him out on Twitter. Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2022 The former officer gave no visible reaction to Cahill’s statement, but after the judge adjourned the hearing and closed his camera, Lane called out to his attorney, even as the virtual hearing room remained open. Holly Bailey, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2022 The two must remain on IR for at a least four weeks, but both could be out an extended period of time. Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 21 Sep. 2022 Green was among those who called out TikTok’s monetization feature this year for underpaying creators. Morgan Sung, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2022
Adjective
Faced with an impossible moral dilemma, Abdel is called back from the frontline to help diffuse the all-out war that has been sparked by his younger brother Karim (Sami Slimane), who wants revenge. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 1 Sep. 2022 The trailer for Season 3 teases an all-out war to come with explosive battle sequences, legions of extras and grand sets, all of which is nothing new for the series. Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Aug. 2022 The NBA Playoffs continue Friday night with a potential close-out game between the Grizzlies and Timberwolves. Xl Media, cleveland, 29 Apr. 2022 Hollywood was planning to answer with an all-out blitz over the past year, even before the awards season.New York Times, 9 Jan. 2022 With less than two minutes remaining and the Bears facing a desperation fourth-and-11, Dalton looked across the line of scrimmage at the Ravens defense and knew an all-out blitz was coming. Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 23 Nov. 2021 With under three minutes left in the first quarter and McDonogh facing a third down, the Cavaliers sent an all-out blitz at Howard and forced the Maryland commit out of bounds, setting up an Eagles punt. Ryan Mcfadden, baltimoresun.com, 12 Nov. 2021 Mbakwe caught two passes for 42 yards and dropped a would-be third reception on an out-route with the contest already decided. Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 26 Aug. 2022 Freshman Noah Fifita was the sharpest quarterback, displaying his arm strength on a variety of plays, including a seam pass to tight end Tanner McLachlan and an out route to receiver Jamarye Joiner. Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 9 Aug. 2022
Noun
In fact, the Tigers stumbled out of the gate, committing a pair of first-quarter turnovers and twice going three-and-out in the opening period before falling behind, 10-7, at halftime. Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 11 Sep. 2022 Even as the game was getting out of hand, the defenders went all-out to try to block extra points. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 11 Sep. 2022 Minnesota challenged that Hedges had gone out of play before the ball entered his glove, but Barret’s ruling of an out was upheld. Joe Noga, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022 The model went for a fresh-faced makeup look and easy beach waves to let her natural skin do the talking to achieve the perfect just-got-out-of-the-pool vibe.Seventeen, 9 Sep. 2022 Arenado ranged over from third base, snagged the ball out of the air with his bare hand and then fired a low throw to Goldschmidt, who was able to scoop the ball from the dirt for the out. David Brandt, ajc, 21 Aug. 2022 But other out-of-the-blue slide shows make Rayasam pause — shows such as collections of old photos and selfies with their face contoured with makeup and hair silky from keratin treatments. Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2022 Both parties have an incentive to reach an out-of-court settlement and avoid a time-consuming, costly and embarrassing sideshow. Todd Spangler, Variety, 27 July 2022 With one out and runners on second and third, Gleyber Torres tapped a ball to Rafael Devers at third. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Adverb and Prefix
Middle English, from Old English ūt; akin to Old High German ūz out, Greek hysteros later, Sanskrit ud up, out
First Known Use
Adverb
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)
Verb
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1