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lights out
lights outn.1. A signal or command to extinguish lights for the night.2. Bedtime.lights out or lights-outn1. the time when those resident at an institution, such as soldiers in barracks or children at a boarding school, are expected to retire to bed2. a fanfare or other signal indicating or signifying thislights′ out′
n. 1. an order, usu. by bugle, that all camp or barrack lights are to be extinguished immediately. 2. bedtime. [1865–70] lights out
light outTo flee hastily; to clear out or depart quickly. We lit out for the safe house as soon as we heard the police sirens in the distance. Everyone else started to light out of there when the manager announced he would be taking volunteers for weekend work.See also: light, outlights out1. n. bedtime. It’s lights out, kids. Radios off, too! 2. n. death; time to die. (Underworld.) It’s lights out for you, chum. See also: lights, outEncyclopediaSeelightAcronymsSeelog out |