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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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to appear or become visible

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to be issued or published

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to come out of

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to break out

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to take a place in a competition

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to be made known

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to bulge outward

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to make oneself visible

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to come off

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to result or end

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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