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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

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
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