# outs

Pronunciation: say "OWTS" US/UK /aʊts/, AUS /æɔts/

## Noun

1. Plural of out. — plural of out
   - Simple: Plural of out. Use this form when you mean more than one out.
   - _The team needed three outs to close out the game._
   - _Her contract was full of clever outs that let her leave at any time._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of out. — third-person singular simple present indicative of out
   - Simple: The form of out used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.
   - _The columnist regularly outs public figures who hide their conflicts of interest._
   - _A leaked email outs the senator as the source of the story._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/outs (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).