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outs

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noun

A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.

Examples :

"They wrote the law to give those organizations an out."

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A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fielding team before bouncing, etc.

Examples :

"The baseball team needed only one more out to win the game. "

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A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicket with the ball.

Examples :

"The batter needed only one more hit, but three quick outs ended the baseball game. "

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noun

A card which can make a hand a winner.

Examples :

""Knowing the remaining cards, she calculated she had nine outs to complete her flush and win the poker hand." "

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noun

A trip out; an outing.

Examples :

""The children were excited about their school outs to the zoo and the museum this year." "

entertainment action event

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(chiefly in the plural) One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office.

Examples :

"The outs in the student council are now working on a new fundraising plan. "

politics government position

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A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space.

Examples :

"The children hid in the outs of the old oak tree's roots, playing hide-and-seek in its nooks. "

place space area part

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A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.

Examples :

"The proofreader marked several "outs" where words were missing from the printed article compared to the original manuscript. "

language writing word communication

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verb

To eject; to expel.

Examples :

"The coach outs players who don't follow the rules. "

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To reveal (a person) as LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc).

Examples :

"Please also note that outing someone can have very negative consequences. * "Mark was worried his classmate would outs him to his parents before he was ready to come out himself." "

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To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.

Examples :

""The newspaper threatened to out the politician as having secretly accepted money from the corporation." "

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To reveal (a secret).

Examples :

"A Brazilian company outed the new mobile phone design."

communication media society

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To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public or apparent.

Examples :

"The information about the company's financial struggles eventually outs, despite their best efforts to keep it secret. "

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