What is the meaning of COME OUT-OF-THE-CLOSET. Phrases containing COME OUT-OF-THE-CLOSET
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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 hand is slang for out of control.
Verb. To openly reveal one's homosexuality. Cf. 'out' and 'closet'.
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.].
Gates of Rome is London Cockney rhyming slang for home.
Phrs. Come on. Abb. of come ahead. [Liverpool use]
Pope of Rome is London Cockney rhyming slang for home.
Nut out is slang for to go crazy, to lose control of oneself, to run amok.
Phrs. Out of breath. {Informal}
to put out, i.e., to dout the lamp or fire
Knock the tar out of is American slang for beat severely.
Out of the blue is slang for unexpectedly.
Come out is slang for to reveal oneself as a homosexual.
Out of the loop is American slang for being uninformed of inside goings−on.
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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.
v. i.
To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public.
adv.
To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home.
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.
p. p.
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.
v. t.
To come out with; to make known.
v. t.
To take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an apple.
n.
The aggregate number of persons who have come out, as from their houses, for a special purpose.
n.
To get to be, as the result of change or progress; -- with a predicate; as, to come untied.
v. t.
To put out.
v. t.
To give out; to dispose of; to sell.
n.
One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office; -- generally in the plural.
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.
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.
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.
See under Out, adv.
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