light out

verb

1. informal.
   intr, adverb to depart quickly, as if being chased

Idioms and Phrases

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]

Example Sentences

Dr. Silence leaned forward, opened the lantern and blew the light out.

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Sometimes that dyspepsia took him bad, and when he had one of those spells he'd light out into poetry scandalous.

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The mate complied, sending a glare of light out over the dark waters.

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I'm packing up; going to light out in the morning and get in on the end of my family's vacation.

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The girl finally succeeded in blowing the light out, and everybody yelled.

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