out
verb/aʊt/
/aʊt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they out | /aʊt/ /aʊt/ |
| he / she / it outs | /aʊts/ /aʊts/ |
| past simple outed | /ˈaʊtɪd/ /ˈaʊtɪd/ |
| past participle outed | /ˈaʊtɪd/ /ˈaʊtɪd/ |
| -ing form outing | /ˈaʊtɪŋ/ /ˈaʊtɪŋ/ |
- out somebody to say publicly that somebody is gay or lesbian, especially when they would prefer to keep this information private
- He is the latest politician to be outed by the media.
- out somebody/something (as something) to say something publicly about somebody/something that they would prefer to keep secret
- The man who claimed to have found the diaries has been outed as a fraud.
- Their motives were outed as purely financial.
Word OriginOld English ūt (adverb), ūtian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch uit and German aus.
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