1.
When a new product such as a book or CD comes out , it becomes available to the public.
The book comes out this week...
PHRASAL VERB : V P
2.
If a fact comes out , it becomes known to people.
The truth is beginning to come out about what happened...
It will come out that she has covertly donated considerable sums to the IRA.
PHRASAL VERB : V P , it V P that
3.
When a gay person comes out , they let people know that they are gay.
...the few gay men there who dare to come out...
I came out as a lesbian when I was still in my teens.
PHRASAL VERB : V P , V P as n / adj
4.
To come out in a particular way means to be in the position or state described at the end of a process or event.
In this grim little episode of recent American history, few people come out well...
So what makes a good marriage? Faithfulness comes out top of the list...
Julian ought to have resigned, then he’d have come out of it with some credit.
PHRASAL VERB : V P adv / prep , V P adj , V P of n adv / prep
5.
If you come out for something, you declare that you support it. If you come out against something, you declare that you do not support it.
Its members had come out virtually unanimously against the tests.
PHRASAL VERB : V P prep / adv
6.
When a group of workers comes out on strike, they go on strike. ( BRIT; in AM, use go out on strike )
On September 18 the dockers again came out on strike.
PHRASAL VERB : V P prep
7.
If a photograph does not come out , it does not appear or is unclear when it is developed and printed.
None of her snaps came out.
PHRASAL VERB : V P
8.
When the sun, moon, or stars come out , they appear in the sky.
Oh, look. The sun’s come out.
≠ go in
PHRASAL VERB : V P