on the way out
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[edit]Prepositional phrase
[edit]- In the process of leaving.
- Quick! She's already on the way out!
- As someone is leaving.
- He shook my hand on the way out.
- (informal) Going out of fashion.
- (informal, euphemistic) Dying.
Translations
[edit]going out of fashion
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Further reading
[edit]- “on the way out”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “on someone’s way out”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “on the way out”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “on the way out” (US) / “on the way out” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “on the way out”, in Collins English Dictionary.