light out

verb

Definition of light outnext
1
as in to get (away)

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2
as in to set out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for light out
  1. set out
  2. get out
  3. set off
  4. clear out
  5. put out
  6. take off
  7. make off
  8. escape
Verb
  • After receiving his first guitar in 1959, the Grammy winner — who turns 80 on Jan. 10, 2025 — set out on a path to rock superstardom, joining various groups as well as achieving a remarkable solo career.
    Kate Hogan, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The judge said the 1972 law should not cover any more than what it was set out to protect since Congress created it, calling it an attempt to bypass the legislative process.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of set out
Verb
  • There are generally two types of fighters in these brawls: the kind who get in — and push harder — when they’re hit in the face, and those who get out.
    Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
  • And so my wife got out with our passports and that was it.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of get out
Verb
  • The court’s ruling set off a scramble by TikTok to appeal the case, and the company and creators went to the Supreme Court after the appeals court declined to pause the law from taking effect in order to give TikTok more time to bring its case before the Supreme Court.
    Alison Durkee, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • This report set off a firestorm of responses that highlight the increasing sensitivity of European countries to partnering with SpaceX—the success of which has put serious pressure on Europe's launch industry—as well as the Trump administration and SpaceX founder Elon Musk.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of set off
Verb
  • As police cleared out Times Square so the city Department of Sanitation could sweep up all the New Year’s confetti, cops were called to W. 137th St. and Lenox Ave.
    Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Once you’re finished, reconnect the power and run the disposal with hot water to clear out the soapy water.
    Julia Mitchem, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of clear out
Verb
  • An acquaintance driving past saw the flames, grabbed a hose (Hurston was a famous gardener), and put out the fire.
    Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Most business owners waste their holidays checking emails and putting out fires.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of put out
Verb
  • Those were the remnants of a test flight that took off from Boca Chica, Texas at 5:37 p.m.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Typically pilots take off, find a reservoir near the fire, drop the aircraft’s giant snorkel into the water and fill their tanks.
    Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of take off
Verb
  • Watson, then 16, and a friend forced their way into a Plantation home armed with a gun, fought with one of the residents and made off with a video camera and cellphone worth $575.
    Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Two people made off with $1,200 in roasts, steaks and ribs from a Safeway supermarket in Cupertino, the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office said in a Jan. 5 news release.
    Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of make off
Verb
  • Creating Designated Quiet Zones Allocating specific areas as quiet zones helps employees escape overstimulation and focus on their tasks in peace.
    Shaun Arora, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, Mandy Moore, Maria Shriver and other celebrities were among more than 100,000 people forced to evacuate their homes to escape the out-of-control fires burning in some of Los Angeles' most desirable areas.
    Ece Yildirim,Russell Leung,Fred Imbert,Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of escape
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light (on or upon)

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