"light out" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-light out.ogg [Australia] Forms: lights out [present, singular, third-person], lighting out [participle, present], lit out [past], lighted out [past], lit out [participle, past]
Etymology: Phrasal verb from light (“to get down, drop, come”, verb) + out (“away from”, adverb). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|light|out|nocat=1|pos1=verb|pos2=adverb|t1=to get down, drop, come|t2=away from}} light (“to get down, drop, come”, verb) + out (“away from”, adverb) Head templates: {{en-verb|light<,,lit> out|past2=lighted out}} light out (third-person singular simple present lights out, present participle lighting out, simple past lit out or lighted out, past participle lit out)
  1. (intransitive, slang, dated) To go away or depart, especially in haste or without notice. Tags: dated, intransitive, slang Synonyms: abscond, make off, skip [informal]
    Sense id: en-light_out-en-verb-J5CxV4Ez Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out)

Inflected forms

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