Meaning of on the way out | Babel Free

Definitions

1. In the process of leaving.
2. As someone is leaving.
3. Going out of fashion.
   informal
4. Dying.
   euphemistic, informal

Equivalents

Examples

“Quick! She's already on the way out!”

“He shook my hand on the way out.”

“This trend is on its way out.”

“The traditional British signal is on its way out. Unsentimental officials will doubtless decree colour-lights from Kings Cross to Waverley, and from Paddington to Penzance, with upper quadrants on minor branches.”

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