What is the meaning of COME OUT-OF-THE-CLOSET. Phrases containing COME OUT-OF-THE-CLOSET
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Pope of Rome is London Cockney rhyming slang for home.
Come out is slang for to reveal oneself as a homosexual.
Gates of Rome is London Cockney rhyming slang for home.
Knock the tar out of is American slang for beat severely.
Verb. To openly reveal one's homosexuality. Cf. 'out' and 'closet'.
Out of the loop is American slang for being uninformed of inside goings−on.
Nut out is slang for to go crazy, to lose control of oneself, to run amok.
Out of the game is British slang for unconscious or totally incoherent on alcohol.
To get out of a place, to leave. [He had to cut out.].
Out of hand is slang for out of control.
to put out, i.e., to dout the lamp or fire
To seduce a (putatively) straight man, thus exposing his true nature and liberating his sublimated, gay orienatation. This was the meaning of "out" in the 1960s. All other gay usage of "out" seem to come from this origin.
Out of the blue is slang for unexpectedly.
Phrs. Come on. Abb. of come ahead. [Liverpool use]
Phrs. Out of breath. {Informal}
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a.
Being out of the house; being, or done, in the open air; outdoor; as, out-of-door exercise. See Out of door, under Out, adv.
a.
Beyond possession, control, or occupation; hence, in, or into, a state of want, loss, or deprivation; -- used of office, business, property, knowledge, etc.; as, the Democrats went out and the Whigs came in; he put his money out at interest.
v. t.
To put out.
v. t.
To take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an apple.
v. t.
To give out; to dispose of; to sell.
a.
Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy, constraint, etc., actual of figurative; hence, not in concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; as, the sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows; the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is out.
n.
One who comes, or who has come; one who has arrived, and is present.
adv.
To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home.
v. t.
To come out with; to make known.
a.
In its original and strict sense, out means from the interior of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in a position or relation which is exterior to something; -- opposed to in or into. The something may be expressed after of, from, etc. (see Out of, below); or, if not expressed, it is implied; as, he is out; or, he is out of the house, office, business, etc.; he came out; or, he came out from the ship, meeting, sect, party, etc.
prep.
Denoting part of an aggregate or whole; belonging to a number or quantity mentioned; out of; from amongst; as, of this little he had some to spare; some of the mines were unproductive; most of the company.
v. i.
To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public.
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of Come
a.
Away; abroad; off; from home, or from a certain, or a usual, place; not in; not in a particular, or a usual, place; as, the proprietor is out, his team was taken out.
n.
One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office; -- generally in the plural.
a.
See under Out, adv.
n.
To get to be, as the result of change or progress; -- with a predicate; as, to come untied.
n.
The aggregate number of persons who have come out, as from their houses, for a special purpose.
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