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come out of the closet

vb. (context intransitive idiomatic English) To tell others about homosexuality, bisexuality or any minority or disapproved-of belief, preference, etc., where previously this had been kept secret.

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come out of the closet

v. to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality; "This actor outed last year" [syn: out, come out]