Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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come out of the closet | No | No | Yes | No |
out | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
come out of the closet (noun) | out (noun) |
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(baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball |
come out of the closet (adjective) | out (adjective) |
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not allowed to continue to bat or run | |
being out or having grown cold | |
outside or external | |
excluded from use or mention | |
not worth considering as a possibility | |
outer or outlying | |
directed outward or serving to direct something outward | |
knocked unconscious by a heavy blow | |
no longer fashionable | |
out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election |
come out of the closet (verb) | out (verb) |
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to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality | be made known; be disclosed or revealed |
reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle | |
to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality |
come out of the closet (adverb) | out (adverb) |
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away from home | |
from one's possession | |
moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden |