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Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary
come out
come out phrasal verb [ came out comes out coming out ]
SOCIAL EVENT
1. <A > UK to go somewhere with someone for a social event
• Would you like to come out for a drink sometime?
Thesaurus+: ↑Being, becoming friends and getting to know someone
• Can Adam come out to play?
• Jenny came out with us last night.
• We can never persuade Alan to come out.
• Would you like to come out with us some time?
BE PUBLISHED
2. <A > If a book, record, film, etc. comes out, it becomes available for people to buy or see
• When does their new album come out?
Thesaurus+: ↑Available and accessible ↑Present
• My novel is coming out in paperback next spring.
• Their new album came out last week.
• The movie is coming out this summer.
• When his book came out, he found himself splashed all over the press.
APPEAR
3. When the sun, moon or stars come out, they appear in the sky
• The clouds finally parted and the sun came out.
Thesaurus+: ↑Appearing and disappearing
BECOME KNOWN
4. If something comes out, it becomes known publicly after it has been kept secret
• After her death, it came out that she'd lied about her age.
• When the truth came out, there was public outrage.
Thesaurus+: ↑Revealing secrets and becoming known
5. If information or results come out, they are given to people
• The exam results come out in August.
Thesaurus+: ↑Announcing, informing and stating
6. to tell people that you are homosexual, often after a period of secrecy
Thesaurus+: ↑Relating to sexual preference
RESULT
7. + adverb or preposition or adjective If you describe how something or someone comes out at the end of a process or activity, you say what condition they are in or what they have achieved
• She came out of the divorce settlement a rich woman.
• These figures have come out wrong! I don't understand it.
• Your painting has come out really well.
• He hasn't exactly come out of the scandal with his reputation enhanced.
Thesaurus+: ↑Coming to an end ↑Causing something to end
BE REMOVED
8. If dirt or a mark comes out, it disappears from something when it is cleaned
• Did the red wine stain come out?
Thesaurus+: ↑Cleaning generally ↑Personal hygiene and appearance - general words
PHOTO
9. If a photo or part of a photo comes out, the picture can be seen clearly
• The photos didn't come out because the room was so dark.
• He's in the picture, but his face hasn't come out very clearly.
Thesaurus+: ↑Photography
GIVE OPINION
10. + adverb or preposition to express an opinion
• In the survey politicians came out overwhelmingly in favour of capital punishment.
• Some of the members supported the changes, but the majority came out against.
Thesaurus+: ↑Expressing and asking opinions ↑Remarks and remarking ↑Controlling emotions
BE SAID
11. If something you say comes out in a particular way, that is how you say it
• I didn't mean to be rude - it just came out like that.
• When I tried to tell her that I loved her it just came out all wrong.
Thesaurus+: ↑Ways of talking
STOP WORK
12. UK If workers come out, they stop working because of a disagreement
• The postal workers have come out in support of their pay claim.
Thesaurus+: ↑Industrial action
OPEN
13. When flowers come out, they open
• Daffodils come out in spring.
Thesaurus+: ↑Flowers - general words ↑Flowers and flowering plants
Main entry: comephrasal verb
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