come out
verb
came out; come out; coming out; comes out
intransitive verb
1
a
: to come into public view : make a public appearance
a new magazine has come out
b
: to become evident
his pride came out in his refusal to accept help
2
: to declare oneself especially in public utterance
came out in favor of the proposal
3
: to turn out in an outcome : end up
everything came out all right
4
: to make a debut
5
a
: to openly declare one's sexual orientation or gender identity
came out as bisexual
decided to come out to her family
b
: to openly declare something about oneself previously kept hidden —often used with as
blew his cover and came out as a CIA agent—
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ˌkə-miŋ-ˈau̇t 
noun 
Synonyms
- fall out
- pan out
- prove
- shake out
- turn out
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
in the end everything came out OK come out, come out wherever you are!
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Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2023 Assistant fire chief William Kays said that the approximately $10,000 startup cost for PulsePoint, and an $8,000 annual fee thereafter, will come out of the Anchorage Fire Department’s operating budget. —Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Feb. 2023 To some fans, the news may seem to have come out of left field, particularly given her previous high-profile relationships with fellow actors Zac Efron and Austin Butler. —Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Feb. 2023 That was in addition to the rapid weight loss, stomach problems and extreme fatigue that seemed to come out of nowhere. —Tonya Bauer, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2023 The Chiefs showed that no matter how the Bengals would come out of this game, there are weaknesses on this offensive line. —Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 29 Jan. 2023 As the economy started to come out of Covid, people bought a lot of RVs. —James Brown, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2023 When the players pushed to extend the health coverage during talks in 2011, team owners argued that the cost should have to come out of the players’ share of revenue, which is currently about 48 percent. —Jenny Vrentas, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2023 Gordon got poked in her right eye just one minute and 34 seconds into the game and had to come out of the contest. —Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2023 See More Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Kids Definition
come out
verb1
: to come into public view
2
: to turn out to be
everything came out all right
come out
verb
1
as in to prove
to come to be in the end everything came out OK Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- prove
- fall out
- evolve
- shake out
- turn out
- emerge
- pan out
- develop
- play out
- unfold
- work out
- germinate
2
as in to appear
to come into view come out, come out wherever you are! Synonyms & Similar Words
- appear
- show
- come
- unfold
- turn up
- show up
- arrive
- rise
- reappear
- loom
- happen
- materialize
- break out
- emerge
- surface
- reappear
- occur
- bulk
- arise
- erupt
- shoot (up)
- debut
- resurface
- issue
- dawn
- blossom
- bob (up)
- crop (up)
- outcrop
- break
- spring (up)
- rematerialize
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- disappear
- melt (away)
- evaporate
- dissolve
- vanish
- fade
- clear
- go (away)
- leave
- withdraw
- depart
- retire
- evanesce
3
as in to spread
to become known when the truth came out about the state of the company's finances, several top executives lost their jobs Synonyms & Similar Words
- spread
- get out
- circulate
- get about
- get round
- get around
- out
- leak (out)
- unfold
- break
- reveal
- tell
- develop
- disclose
- transpire
- spill
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- hide
- suppress
- conceal
- hush (up)
- disguise
- mask
- secrete