to pop out
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5.1
- phrasal verb
- Specialized
:
abrir en una ventana nueva
- Pop out the two holes on the sides, insert a string or, better yet, a piece of elastic, knot or tape the ends, and poof—instant beast.
Examples
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When you are in a chatroom, click the small icon in the chatroom menu bar to pop out the chatroom into a new window.
Blog text (30) -
On the sidewalk in front of the apartment, she popped out the used film, marked it, and threaded a new roll into the Minolta.
Fiction book (1999) -
I can no longer do anything with the modules or change anything on it because the modules won't pop out on the control panel.
Blog text (31) -
Activating Audio Enhancer! An auto-phonic receiver pops out of the side of Billy's helmet.
Fiction book (1995) -
She popped out the floppy disk, dropped it on Dorie's desk, and said, "Lose my number, Dor."
Fiction book (1999) -
When you are in the video call, you can click on the button to pop out the chat window for easier access.
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To view the document better, you can pop out the side panel and enlarge it on your screen.
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If you want to keep the video on while browsing, just pop out the player into its own window.
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
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 in computer apps uses the same idea: imagine taking a small picture out of a page so it can float by itself, like a window leaving the main screen, so it means 'to open a tool or window separately from the main app'.