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come out of the closet

verbid 5171·updated Jun 3, 2026
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to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality

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Variants

synonym
come out
pasttense
comed out of the closet
presentparticiple
coming out of the closet
thirdpersonsingular
comes out of the closet
pastparticiple
comed out of the closet

Framework definitions

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to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality

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