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View synonyms for light out

light out

verb

  1. informal.
    intr, adverb to depart quickly, as if being chased
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Leave hastily, run away, as in Here comes the teacher—let's light out . This slangy idiom may allude to the nautical sense, that is, to move or lift anything along. [ Slang ; mid-1800s]

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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