COME OUT OF THE CLOSET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does come out of the closet mean? 

• COME OUT OF THE CLOSET (verb)
  The verb COME OUT OF THE CLOSET has 1 sense:

1. to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality

  Familiarity information: COME OUT OF THE CLOSET used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COME OUT OF THE CLOSET (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To state openly and publicly one's homosexuality

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

come out; come out of the closet; out

Context example:

This actor outed last year

Hypernyms (to "come out of the closet" is one way to...):

break; bring out; disclose; discover; divulge; expose; give away; let on; let out; reveal; uncover; unwrap (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s