to out
∞
7.7
- verb
- /aʊt/
- Informal
- The authorial narrator suddenly outs himself as a character in the fictional world who actually claims to have met Becky Sharp at the court of Pumpernickel (ch. 62).
Examples
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In short, he outs himself as a male chauvinist earth-pig—an anti-feminist.
Blog text (9) -
We have a government that outs the fool Nakoula and puts him at risk for his life.
Blog text (12) -
Worthy of the reporter who outs her bully on live TV and sent her a nasty email about her weight.
Blog text (4) -
It centered on Flaco, a soccer player who decides to reveal his homosexuality before the media outs him.
Academic text (2013) -
Ah, our resident troll and puppet master outs himself again by trying to divert attention by accusing people of fallacies.
Blog text (3) -
No wonder that every liberal Wikileaks opponent or advocate for the importance of discretion and secrecy eventually outs themselves as a believer that the US is a force for good in the world.
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Suddenly, this joy, which otherwise would just have been that—joy—is something that has to justify its presence, something that, if you can't explain it in a convincing way, outs you as a philistine.
Blog text (23) -
The article reveals how the celebrity outs their struggles with mental health.
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In her latest book, the author outs the secrets of her unique upbringing.
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During the live interview, the host outs the surprise guest's identity to the audience.
Synonyms
∞
2.3
Show something that was hidden or secret
413
4.1
Reveal hidden facts or bad actions to people
234
3.5
Reveal secret facts to the public
130
3.4
Tell a secret on purpose or by accident
120
4.1
To make something known for the first time
94
4.5
To reveal secret information, often by mistake
80
8.6
To tell the police or another authority about someone's bad action, betraying their trust
68
6.0
To tell a secret or show feelings you were trying to hide
52
6.2
To tell secret or private information to people
51
3.7
Make secret information known to the public
29
4.2
Show what someone or something really is
27
3.7
Tell secret or private information to other people
23
5.6
Accidentally tell someone something you want to keep secret
18
6.0
Tell a secret by accident before others know
14
9.9
To tell other people someone's private information, often their sexual orientation, without their permission
13
5.5
To show something hidden so people can see it
8
6.8
Reveal secret information that shocks people
4
5.1
To tell a secret that should be kept
3
4.0
Make something visible by removing a cover
2
7.1
To reveal information that was previously hidden
1
5.5
To tell a secret by accident and spoil a surprise
1
7.9
To tell a secret carelessly or without meaning to
1
7.2
Show who you really are instead of pretending
1
4.4
To tell people about something secret
Antonyms
Idioms
71
4.1
Someone quotes words without the surrounding information, making the meaning seem wrong
- Informal
36
4.2
Not having any left of something or having just finished something like school
- Informal
28
7.5
An idea or hope that is suddenly ignored and can no longer happen
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
10
6.8
A celebration when someone tells friends and family about their sexual orientation or gender identity
2
3.5
A sale where a shop sells everything at low prices because it is closing
1
7.7
Many people are absent from work or school because they are sick, causing big problems
- NSFW
1
6.1
Withdrawing the penis from a partner's vagina before he releases sperm to try to avoid pregnancy
- Specialized
1
4.0
A way of keeping items so the oldest ones are used or sold first
- Specialized
1
6.9
An inventory method where the newest items are counted as sold first
- Jargon
1
7.2
A baseball out that happens when a fielder holding the ball touches the base a runner must reach
- Jargon
1
7.3
To throw the ball outside the strike zone to stop a runner from stealing a base
How Revealed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Out as a verb comes from the idea of putting something 'out' into the open, so to out someone is to reveal them or make a secret 'in the open'.