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come out

verbcandidate·updated Jun 3, 2026

to state openly and publicly one's romantic attraction to members of the same sex

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Classifications

Cognitive

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Responsibility

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Automation

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Variants

synonym
appearcome out of the closetegresseruptfall offoutplacestartstep upsurfaceturn out
pasttense
comed out
presentparticiple
coming out
thirdpersonsingular
comes out
pastparticiple
comed out