Noun: outing aw-ting
- A journey taken for pleasure
"many summer outings to the shore";
- excursion, jaunt, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay [N. Amer]
- A day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
"The company organized an outing for employees and their families";
- field day, picnic
- Be made known; be disclosed or revealed
"The truth will out";
- come out
- Reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle
"The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent"
- To state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
"This actor outed last year";
- come out of the closet [informal], come out
Derived forms: outings
Type of: break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, emerge, expose, give away, holiday [Brit], journey, journeying, lay bare, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap, vac [Brit, informal], vacation, vacay [N. Amer, informal]
Encyclopedia: Outing, Minnesota
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