to log out
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2.2
- phrasal verb
- /lɔg aʊt/
- Texting
:
cerrar sesión
- When I log out, I just get the normal bankofamerica.com homepage.
- user logs out
Like give me your why did you log me out?
- Like give me your why did you log me out?
- So every Monday my assistant would log me out of Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, reset all the passwords.
- So I ended up logging out of Instagram and I deleted the apps off of my phone.
Examples
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It is essential to log out of your social media accounts when using public computers.
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I'll log out.
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Um, I forgot to log out last night.
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You need to log out.
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- Let me log out.
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But I better log out of this.
Fiction book (1995) -
I logged out of the site and closed the browser like I always do.
Blog text (20) -
So, today, take your eyes off the computer screen, log out, unplug, go outside, and exercise your right to breathe.
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In addition, the data on the clipboard is cleared when you log out of your Windows session.
Blog text (9) -
Close your inbox, log out of Facebook, switch off your phone, etc.
Blog text (8)
Synonyms
5
2.8
To stop using a computer or website and sign out
End a computer or website connection when you finish using it
To leave a phone or video call by ending your connection
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to exit a computer system' is partly inferable because 'out' signals leaving and 'log' has a technical sense related to signing/recording into a system, so learners can guess it is the counterpart of 'log in'. However, the computer-specific use of 'log' as 'sign in/out' is somewhat specialized and not fully predictable from the everyday meanings of the constituents, making the expression only partially transparent.
Etymology
The phrasal verb log out comes from the old habit of writing your name in a log, a written record, and adding out to show you had left. Today on computers you 'leave' your account so others cannot use it, so log out means 'to leave' the system for safety.