light out

verb

Definition of light outnext
1
as in to get (away)

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2
as in to set out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for light out
  1. get out
  2. set out
  3. clear out
  4. set off
  5. make off
  6. put out
  7. escape
  8. take off
Verb
  • Afusia, a 5-foot-11, 265-pound junior lineman, sure looked quick getting out in front of Fields on his long touchdown run.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
  • All workers got out safely and were accounted for without any injuries, Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell said in a Facebook video.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of get out
Verb
  • Ippolito set out on a mission to find her mom’s missing dress.
    — Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Dead Man’s Bones set out to write new music in recent years, but couldn‘t settle on where to record it.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of set out
Verb
  • Though afternoon highs and overnight lows remain about 10 degrees cooler for the rest of the week, the rain is expected to clear out by Friday night.
    — Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The family could have cleared out a decaying bungalow and built something simpler in its place.
    — Nuriyah Johar, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of clear out
Verb
  • Authorities said in July that income and gains from overseas trusts owned by Chinese tax residents would be taxed at 20%, setting off a scramble for cash and alternative structures.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
  • As Prue and Curtis struggle to unravel the twisty lore of the obstacle-laden forest in their search for Mac, their outsider presence inadvertently sets off a long-festering showdown for control of the forest between its warring factions.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of set off
Verb
  • The collectors who owned them had spent months and thousands of dollars in fees proving what the cards were worth—all for thieves to take two pallets of the cards and make off with the rare collectors’ items.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Just hours after the Louvre heist last October –– which saw thieves strike during broad daylight and make off with Napoleonic-era treasures –– another French museum was similarly targeted.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of make off
Verb
  • At 50% brightness, the ROG Strix Scar 18 (2026) put out 186 nits, earning it a distant second place after the MSI Raider HX AI at 323 nits.
    — Marshall Honorof, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Vague assurances In announcing the ban, Mayor Mamdani said any effort to wind down the industry should include steps to find jobs and economic security for those who the ban would put out of work.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of put out
Verb
  • Jaros and Rauh also try to account for the uncertainty over whether taxes can be collected from other billionaires, such as the ones who have left since the beginning of the year and may thus have a legal case for escaping the tax.
    — Ramesh Ponnuru, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Arbella escaped, disguised as a man in a wig, boots and sword, with plans to flee to France with her ill-begotten husband.
    — Eva Wolchover, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of escape
Verb
  • By the time the 1960s women’s movement took off, feminists were disavowing the film, pointing out that all the female characters ever talked about were the men.
    — Raymond Ang, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2026
  • In 2011, Godby took off across the country once more, this time from San Francisco to Bridgeport, Connecticut.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of take off
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