exit

Definition

  • noun: something (such as a door) that is used as a way to go out of a place
  • noun: a departure from a stage
  • verb: to go out of a place or situation
  • verb: to go out or away
  • sometimes used figuratively
  • synonyms: death, egress, outgang

Examples

  • Most fans were surprised by the team's early 'exit' from the tournament. [=surprised that the team lost and was out of the tournament at an early stage]

  • The company needs to have an 'exit strategy'. [=a plan for ending its involvement when it wants or needs to end it]

  • The deal provides an 'exit' for the company. [=a way for the company to stop being involved in something]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - Get close-ups. - The victim's skin removed, this time in two large diamond-shaped sections above the buttocks. Exit wound level with the second or the third thoracic vertebrae, six inches from the right shoulder blade. Starling, when I told that sheriff we shouldn't talk in front of a woman, (..)
    1991 The Silence of the Lambs
  • (..) - Did you check? - No. - That's why you're dead. . . Breaking doors or windows to enter or exit. Rule . - Clarice, phone. It's the guru. - Crawford? Thanks, Ardelia. - Starling? - Sir? (..)
    1991 The Silence of the Lambs