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121come out — Verb. To openly reveal one s homosexuality. Cf. out and closet …
122come out of the woodwork — come/crawl/out of the woodwork phrase to suddenly appear after a long time, especially for unpleasant reasons After his lottery win, several old friends came crawling out of the woodwork. Thesaurus: to appear slightly, suddenly or… …
123come out in sympathy — come/walk out in sympathy ► HR, WORKPLACE to stop working in order to show your support for a group of workers who are on strike : »The airline s ground staff walked out in sympathy with catering contractors. Main Entry: ↑sympathy …
124come out of something smelling of roses — come up/out of sth smelling of ˈroses idiom (informal) to still have a good reputation, even though you have been involved in sth that might have given people a bad opinion of you • Nobody ever knew the details and he came out of the deal… …
125come out smelling of roses — ► come up (or out) smelling of roses emerge from a difficult situation with reputation intact. Main Entry: ↑rose …
126To come out — Come Come, v. i. [imp. {Came}; p. p. {Come}; p. pr & vb. n. {Coming}.] [OE. cumen, comen, AS. cuman; akin to OS.kuman, D. komen, OHG. queman, G. kommen, Icel. koma, Sw. komma, Dan. komme, Goth. giman, L. venire (gvenire), Gr. ? to go, Skr. gam.… …
127To come out with — Come Come, v. i. [imp. {Came}; p. p. {Come}; p. pr & vb. n. {Coming}.] [OE. cumen, comen, AS. cuman; akin to OS.kuman, D. komen, OHG. queman, G. kommen, Icel. koma, Sw. komma, Dan. komme, Goth. giman, L. venire (gvenire), Gr. ? to go, Skr. gam.… …
128To come out — Out Out (out), adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [=u]t, and [=u]te, [=u]tan, fr. [=u]t; akin to D. uit, OS. [=u]t, G. aus, OHG. [=u]z, Icel. [=u]t, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud. [root]198. Cf. {About}, {But}, prep., {Carouse}, {Utter}, a.]… …