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| 1. | [ verb ] appear or become visible; make a showing | |
| Synonyms: | come_on show_up turn_up surface | |
| Examples: | "She turned up at the funeral" "I hope the list key is going to surface again" |
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| Related terms: | appear open | |
| 2. | [ verb ] be issued or published, as of news in a paper, a book, or a movie | |
| Synonyms: | appear | |
| Examples: | "Did your latest book appear yet?" "The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet" |
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| Related terms: | happen | |
| 3. | [ verb ] come out of | |
| Synonyms: | emerge issue come_forth go_forth egress | |
| Examples: | "Water issued from the hole in the wall" "The words seemed to come out by themselves" |
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| Related terms: | escape radiate debouch fall leak exit emergence egress | |
| 4. | [ verb ] prove to be in the result or end | |
| Synonyms: | turn_out | |
| Examples: | "How will the game turn out?" |
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| Related terms: | end terminate work_out eventuate | |
| 5. | [ verb ] take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal | |
| Synonyms: | place come_in | |
| Examples: | "Jerry came in third in the Marathon" |
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| Related terms: | rank place | |
| 6. | [ verb ] come forth or out | |
| Synonyms: | fall_out pop_out | |
| Examples: | "You stick the coins in, but they come out again" "His hair and teeth fell out" |
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| Related terms: | issue | |
| 7. | [ verb ] make oneself visible; take action | |
| Synonyms: | come_to_the_fore come_forward step_forward step_to_the_fore step_up | |
| Examples: | "Young people should step to the fore and help their peers" |
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| Related terms: | act | |
| 8. | [ verb ] bulge outward | |
| Synonyms: | pop bug_out bulge bulge_out pop_out protrude | |
| Examples: | "His eyes popped" |
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| Related terms: | change_shape bulge | |
| 9. | [ verb ] (sexuality) to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality | |
| Synonyms: | out come_out_of_the_closet | |
| Examples: | "This actor outed last year" |
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| Related terms: | disclose | |
| 10. | [ verb ] be made known; be disclosed or revealed | |
| Synonyms: | out | |
| Examples: | "The truth will out" |
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| 11. | [ verb ] as of teeth, for example | |
| Synonyms: | erupt push_through break_through | |
| Examples: | "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted" |
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| Related terms: | appear dehisce flare eruption | |
| Similar spelling: |
come_to come_with comet comedo commute commode commit |
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