on the/someone's/something's way out

idiom

1

: leaving a place or position

Would you mind closing the door on your way out?

There are rumors that the superintendent of schools is on the way out.

2

: becoming no longer popular

He incorrectly predicted that the Internet would be on its way out within three years.

Examples of on the/someone's/something's way out in a Sentence

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Shear can find the punchline in a half-empty box of Yoo-hoo, collected on the way out of a disappointing romantic encounter, or the comic tension in a glass of rice pudding going untouched on a table during an awkward conversation. —Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025

Could Durant and Booker both be on the way out of Phoenix? —Evan Sidery, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025

According to court documents, Johnson made an inflammatory gesture while walking on the way out of Walmart past Barnett’s car. —Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2025

The sign on the way out of the Itchen Stand at St Mary’s Stadium in Southampton clearly says ‘No Alcohol Beyond This Point’. —Jessy Parker Humphreys, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025