"want out" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-want out.ogg [Australia] Forms: wants out [present, singular, third-person], wanting out [participle, present], wanted out [participle, past], wanted out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} want out (third-person singular simple present wants out, present participle wanting out, simple past and past participle wanted out)
  1. (intransitive, informal) To want to leave something. Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-want_out-en-verb-W0Vq6eV1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for want out meaning in English (1.4kB)

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        "(intransitive, informal) To want to leave something."
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