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out

3 verb
     
out3
1 [transitive usually passive] to publicly say that someone is homosexual when that person would prefer to keep it secret:
Several gay politicians have been outed in recent months.
2

murder/the truth etc will out!

used to say that it is difficult to hide a murder, the truth etc
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