light out en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Phrasal verb from light (“to get down, drop, come”, verb) + out (“away from”, adverb).
Meanings
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(dated, intransitive, slang) To go away or depart, especially in haste or without notice.
He didn’t see a road for him at TI, so he lit out to build one in Taiwan.
2023 March 21, Virginia Heffernan, “I Saw the Face of God in a Semiconductor Factory”, in WIRED:the outlaws lit out for the border
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lit out | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| lit out | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| lighting out | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| lighted out | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| lighted out | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| lights out | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |