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to pop out

to pop out

21 3.1
To come out quickly from a surface or container
  • phrasal verb
  • /pɑp aʊt/
translation icon : salirse
  • When he opened the box, the springs caused the toy to pop out unexpectedly.
  • eyes pop out
  • eyeballs pop out
  • shoulder pop out

And then for pose good, pop that hip out.

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Examples

  • As soon as the lid was removed, the cookies began to pop out of the jar.

  • You can get in here and pop your plants out without wrecking anything.

  • And when you pop this out, your record goes in here.

  • OK, so I just have to pop that out and fix that.

  • And then you just pop out your star.

  • So I always smile and can see that little ball pop out right here, right on top.

  • But if we pop one out, let's see, grab which one.

  • All right, let's pop that one out with some hot air.

  • OK, so we're going to pop this out and I'm going to do it like this.

  • And the door handle pops out so that you can reach down and open them.

Synonyms

to pop
vsto pop out
149 1.0

To burst or make something burst with a sudden sound

is a sudden outward bulge often about eyes or containers
to come out
vsto pop out
38 2.0

To become loose and fall out, for example hair or teeth

is about sudden outward bulging rather than detaching or emerging
to protrude
vsto pop out
31 5.8

To stick out from a surface or edge

is usually sudden and often involves coming out from a surface
to poke out
vsto pop out
16 3.5

To stick out from something like a wall or table

is about sudden or noticeable bulging rather than small extension
to bulge
vsto pop out
7 2.9

To swell so that part of something sticks out

is sudden or quick, often emerging rather than slow swelling
to bug out
vsto pop out
5 8.0

To have your eyes stick out because you are surprised or shocked

is broader, for any sudden outward bulge not only eyes
to bulge out
vsto pop out
3 3.7

To stick out in a round shape, like a pocket or balloon

is sudden or emerging from a surface rather than slow swelling
to bug-out
vsto pop out
  • Informal
8.2

To have your eyes stick out because you are surprised

is the general term for sudden outward movement beyond eyes
to protuberate
vsto pop out
9.9

To stick out from a surface like a bump

is less formal and used more for sudden outward movement
to belly out
vsto pop out
7.0

To stick out in a round shape, like a jacket or sail in the wind

is more general, applying to any sudden outward bulge

Antonyms

to recede
29 4.8

To move back or become less strong

How Bulging

to bulge
7 2.9
to pop out
21 3.1
to protrude
31 5.8
to jut out
9 3.4
to stick out
61 3.2

Surface Forms

pop out infinitive
popped out past
popped out past participle
popping out present participle
pops out third person singular

Morphology

pop + out

The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'pop' (to appear or move suddenly) with 'out' (to the outside), yielding the notion of an element appearing/moving outside the main frame — which matches the computing sense of detaching into a separate window. This verb+particle composition is a common, transparent pattern and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.

Etymology

Pop out comes from the image of something that suddenly 'pops' forward, like toast shooting from a toaster or a toy springing out of a box, and even eyes that look like they bulge out; so it means 'to come out or bulge outward suddenly'.