on the/someone's/something's way out
idiom
1
: leaving a place or position
Would you mind closing the door on your way out?
There are rumors that the superintendent of schools is on the way out.
2
: becoming no longer popular
He incorrectly predicted that the Internet would be on its way out within three years.
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Keenen was disillusioned and on the way out, because of his clashes with the network over the edgy show; in particular, Fox's repackaging of the show for reruns and to appear on a startup sister network called FX.
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Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2024
When millennial women got informed that the proper pant silhouette of the twenty-tens, the high waist—which truncated the torso, elongated the leg, and made of every ass a pear—was on the way out, with low-rise making its incursion again, there was a lot of real anger.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2024
Grab a kombucha and jerky on the way out from the doctors lounge and head home.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Pumpkin Spice Latte Trend to try: Turning Your Home into a Sanctuary
Although some chefs believe that pumpkin spice is on the way out, these warmly-spiced lattes still own the season as of now.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2024
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Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2024
When millennial women got informed that the proper pant silhouette of the twenty-tens, the high waist—which truncated the torso, elongated the leg, and made of every ass a pear—was on the way out, with low-rise making its incursion again, there was a lot of real anger.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2024
Grab a kombucha and jerky on the way out from the doctors lounge and head home.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Pumpkin Spice Latte Trend to try: Turning Your Home into a Sanctuary
Although some chefs believe that pumpkin spice is on the way out, these warmly-spiced lattes still own the season as of now.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for on the/someone's/something's way out
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“On the/someone's/something's way out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%2Fsomeone%27s%2Fsomething%27s%20way%20out. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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